Digital pilgrimage: Exploring Catholic monastic webcasts

This study questions how religious webmasters view the objectives of their webcasting in relation to pilgrimage. Findings uncovered four facets: (1) mediation of the holy sites and experience; (2) bonding between Holy Land communities and global believers; (3) cultivating agents; (4) media experienc...

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Published in:The communication review (Yverdon, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-01, Vol.21 (1), p.24-45
Main Authors: Golan, Oren, Martini, Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authenticity
Catholics
digital religion
online video
pilgrimage
Pilgrimages
Proximity
religion
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Summary:This study questions how religious webmasters view the objectives of their webcasting in relation to pilgrimage. Findings uncovered four facets: (1) mediation of the holy sites and experience; (2) bonding between Holy Land communities and global believers; (3) cultivating agents; (4) media experiences as a pilgrimage surrogate. Drawing on Walter Benjamin, the study elucidates how online videos evoke proximity to the sacred, thus connecting holy sites and believers, while affirming webmasters as secondary actors of religious authority.
ISSN:1071-4421
1547-7487
DOI:10.1080/10714421.2017.1416795