Hi!
I am a PhD student from Nanyang Technological University School of
Communication and Information (Singapore), and am doing a paper on
how media convergence has established a new sphere for religious
participation for churches, and the future potential of using new
media as a new dimension for religious communication.
I hope that you could help me by answering a few essential
questions that will be very useful for the research.
These are the questions:
1. In your knowledge, what are the different media platforms that
your church has used to spread teachings, deliver viewing of
rituals or services, or conduct prayers/learning sessions?
(Examples of media platforms are mobile device, cable TV, satellite
TV, IPTV, and the Internet).
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2. Does your church provide live video/audio streaming of religious
activities or engage interactive media to engage member’s
participation? Please elaborate.
3.
Do you know whether your church has
adopted different media platforms to deliver the same piece of
contents? If so, please provide with
examples.
4. What do you think of the idea of conducting service, rituals and
blessings over the Internet through different media?
5. What do you think of the idea of having religious participation
facilitated by media (Examples are online participation of rituals
or attending a service by viewing a TV screen)?
6. Have you ever viewed any live webcast/broadcast of rituals? If
so, do you consider yourself as an observer or participant of the
rituals? And, why?
7. Do the senses of taste, smell, touch and feelings of the
environment play an important role in the practice of the religion?
And, why?
8. Do you think it is possible to perceive energy such as blessing
and healing power via media platforms (An example is receiving
healing power from them by putting a hand on a TV screen)? Have you
experienced that before? Please elaborate.
9. Do you think it is possible for followers to perceive the
“charisma” of religious leaders via media platforms? Have you
experienced that before? Please elaborate.
10. In your opinion, what are the strengths/limitations of using
media as a sacred/holy space for religious
participation?
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Thank you!
Beverly
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