iReligion

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Abstract

This article aims to present a model for investigating the capacity of mobile devices to frame religious experience by the creation, consumption and distribution of religious media text. Exploring three iPhone religious 'apps', this article will consider how the iPhone frames religious information and privileges aesthetic styles, which affects how users of the device connect with religious media text and other users. This exploration offers insights into how the iPhone as an object, together with the metaphors and symbols that are incumbent with it, frame religious experience and participation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)137-155
Number of pages19
JournalStudies in World Christianity
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aesthetics
  • App
  • Apple
  • Christianity
  • Internet
  • iPhone
  • Mobile
  • Smartphone

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