Review of Digital Media, Young Adults, and Religion: An International Perspective

Abstract

It has become increasingly clear that an adequate understanding of contemporary processes of social, cultural, and religious change is contingent on an appreciation of the growing impact of digital media. Utilizing results of an unprecedented international study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analyzing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors sheds new light on the impact of digital media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing not only in the West but also across the world. This book is unique in that it presents a truly macroscopic perspective on trends in religion amongst young adults. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars working in religious studies, digital media, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, theology, and youth studies.