Religion, Film, and Media

  • Professor(s): Karen Muldoon-Hules
  • When: 2013
  • Where: University of California, Los Angeles / RELIGN 160-1
  • Source
  • Examination of complex relationship between religious traditions and various media (e.g., print, film, photography, television, radio, and electronic) as they have intersected in specific historical and cultural contexts. Illumination of role of media in forming and expressing religious ideas, practices, and identities. Topics may include representations of religious groups, visual and aural piety, identity formation, interreligious conflict, religious education, and use of media technologies for propaganda or proselytizing purposes. Historical, sociological, and anthropological approaches used in concert with various methodologies current within media studies.

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