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oapen-20.500.12657-295532021-11-08T09:22:21Z Media and New Religions in Japan Baffelli, Erica Japan religion 1945 mass media Aum Shinrikyo Hikari no Wa Internet Kodansha Manga Om bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general Japanese "new religions"shinshūkyō have used various media forms for training, communicating with members, presenting their messages, reinforcing or protecting the image of the leader and potentially attracting converts. In this book, the complex and dual relationship between the media and new religions is investigated by looking at the tensions groups face between the need for visibility and the risks of facing attacks and criticism through the media. Indeed, media and new technologies have been extensively used by religious groups not only to spread their messages and to try to reach a wider audience, but also to promote themselves as a highly modern and up-to-date form of religion appropriate for a modern technological age. In the 1980s and early 1990s, some movements, such as Agonshū, Kōfuku no Kagaku and Aum Shinrikyō, came into prominence especially via the use of media (initially pub- lications, but also ritual broadcasts, advertising campaigns and public media events). This created new modes of ritual engagement and new ways of inter- actions between leaders and members. The aim of this book is to develop and illustrate particular key issues in the wider new religions and media nexus by using specific movements as examples. In particular, the analysis of the inter- action between media and new religions will focus primarily on three case studies predominantly during the first period of development of the groups. 2018-09-03 23:55 2019-10-17 14:56:48 2020-04-01T12:32:05Z 2020-04-01T12:32:05Z 2016 book 1000380 OCN: 937719358 9780415659123; 9780203075036 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29553 eng Routledge Research in religion, media and culture application/pdf n/a 9780415659123_text.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9780415659123; 9780203075036 Routledge 6 192 open access
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Japanese "new religions"shinshūkyō have used various media forms for
training, communicating with members, presenting their messages, reinforcing or protecting
the image of the leader and potentially attracting converts. In this book, the complex and dual
relationship between the media and new religions is investigated by looking at the tensions
groups face between the need for visibility and the risks of facing attacks and
criticism through the media. Indeed, media and new technologies have been extensively
used by religious groups not only to spread their messages and to try to reach a wider audience,
but also to promote themselves as a highly modern and up-to-date form of religion appropriate for a
modern technological age. In the 1980s and early 1990s, some movements, such as Agonshū, Kōfuku no
Kagaku and Aum Shinrikyō, came into prominence especially via the use of media (initially pub-
lications, but also ritual broadcasts, advertising campaigns and public media events). This created
new modes of ritual engagement and new ways of inter- actions between leaders and members. The aim
of this book is to develop and illustrate particular key issues in the wider new religions and
media nexus by using specific movements as examples. In particular, the analysis of the inter-
action between media and new religions will focus primarily on three case studies
predominantly during the first period of development of the groups.
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