Japanese Religions on the Internet : Innovation, Representation, and Authority (Hardcover)

Introduction.  Part I. Religion and the Internet in Japan: Overview and Concepts  1,Media and Religion in Japan. Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler  2. Internet and Religion in Japan: Innovation, Representation and Authority. Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler  Part II. Case Studies  3. The Situation of Japanese Traditional Buddhism in the Web2.0 Era: Who Attacks and who Guards the Religion? Fukamizu, Kenshin  4. Preserving the Dignity of Shinto Shrines in the Age of the Internet: A Social Context Analysis. Kurosaki Hiroyuki  5. The Shikoku Pilgrimage Online: Official Sites, Promotion, Commerce and the Replication of Authority. Ian Reader  6. Pilgrim Leadership Rendered in HTML: Bloggers and the Shikoku Henro. John Shultz  7. Charismatic Blogger? Authority and New Religions on the Web 2.0. Erica Baffelli  8. Caught in the Net: Celebrity Representation and Japanese Religion
from Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Benjamin Dorman  9. Shaping Shamanism Online: Patterns of Authority in Wikipedia. Birgit Staemmler  10. Reflexive Self Identification of Internet Users and the Authority of S?ka Gakkai: Analysis of Discourse in Japanese BBS, Ni-channeru. Tamura Takanori and Tamura Daiy  Conclusions and Issues for Future Research. Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler