Religion and Mass Media

PART ONE: THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON RELIGION AND MASS MEDIA Introduction - Daniel A Stout and Judith M Buddenbaum Toward a Synthesis of Mass Communication Research and the Sociology of Religion Religion and Mass Media Use - Judith M Buddenbaum and Daniel A Stout A Review of the Mass Communication and Sociology Literature PART TWO: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDIA ORIENTATIONS: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES Catholicism, Conscience, and Censorship - Ted G Jelen Mainline Protestants and the Media - Judith M Buddenbaum Evangelicals' Uneasy Alliance with the Media - Quentin J Schultze Fundamentalism and the Media, 1930-1990 - Margaret Lamberts Bendroth Protecting the Family - Daniel A Stout Mormon Teaching about Mass Media PART THREE: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN MASS MEDIA USE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR Religion, Mass Media and Tolerance for Civil Liberties - Tony Rimmer The Role of Religion in Newspaper Trust, Subscribing and Use for Political Information - Judith M Buddenbaum The Role of Religion in Public Attitudes toward Religion News - Judith M Buddenbaum and Stewart Hoover The Passionate Audience - Thomas R Lindlof Community Inscriptions of `The Last Temptations of Christ' PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES Keeping the Faith - Sam G McFarland The Roles of Selective Exposure and Avoidance in Maintaining Religious Beliefs Diversity from Within - JoAnn Myer Valenti and Daniel A Stout An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Culture on Media Use and Effective Communication to Women Use of Mass Media for Political Information in a Middletown Quaker Meeting - Judith M Buddenbaum How Mennonites Use Media in Everyday Life - Sharon Hartin Iorio Preserving Identity in a Changing World Rappin for the Lord - Cheryl Renee Gooch The Uses of Gospel Rap and Contemporary Music in Black Religious Communities Mormons, Mass Media, and the Interpretive Audience - Daniel A Stout, David Scott, and Dennis G Martin PART FIVE: THE FUTURE: RELIGION AND THE CHANGING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT Religion and the Information Society - Jorge Reina Schement and Hester C Stephenson