European Muslims and new mediaedited by Merve Kayıkcı and Leen d'Haenens.

European Muslims and new mediaedited by Merve Kayıkcı and Leen d'Haenens. - Leuven : Leuven University Press, (c)2017.. - 1 online resource. - Current issues in Islam .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. 1. Social media and the transformations of everyday Muslim experiences / part I. Islamic knowledge and online social platforms. 2. The Internet and new communication dynamics among diasporic Muslims : opportunities, challenges, and paradoxes / 3. Reforming Islam online : the study of IslamBosna and the new sources of religious knowledge among East London's Bosniak diaspora / 4. Dutch Muslim youth bloggers : challenging the national discourse on Islam / part II. Images and narratives : creating a discourse. 5. 'Kids in the green lands of the Khilafat' -- a Tumblr case study of imagery within the Jihad 3.0 narrative / 6. Worlds apart : exploring the news framing of 'Syria fighters' and interactions and identification processes on online discussion forums / 7. #Muslim? : Instagram, visual culture and the mediatization of Muslim religiosity / Conclusion / Merve Kayıkcı -- Sahar Khamis -- Jana Jevtic -- Lotte van der Ploeg -- Claudia Carvalho -- Anne Berbers, Leen d'Haenens and Joyce Koeman -- Thomas Frissen, Elke Ichau, Kristof Boghe and Leen d'Haenens -- Leen d'Haenens.

European Muslims and New Media offers perspectives on the various ways in which Muslims use new media to form and reform Muslim consciousness, identities, and national and transnational belongings, and contest and negotiate tensions and hegemonic narratives in Western European societies. The authors explore how online discussion groups, social media communities, and other online sites act as a 'new public sphere' for Muslim youth to voice their opinions, seek new sources of knowledge, establish social and intimate relationships, and ultimately decentre established discourses that are projected on them as Muslims in Europe. The possibilities and challenges of new media transform existing debates on Islamic knowledge, authority, citizenship, communities, and networks. European Muslims and New Media critically explores the multifaceted transformations that result from Muslims using online spaces to present, represent, and negotiate their identities, ideologies, and aspirations.



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Communication--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam in mass media.
Mass media--Religious aspects--Islam.
Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.


Electronic Books.

PN4756 / .E976 2017