Religion and Mass Media

How do religious audiences react to and use the media? How do institutional religious influences and expectations affect how they experience media news and entertainment?

PART ONE: THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON RELIGION AND MASS MEDIAIntroduction - Daniel A Stout and Judith M Buddenbaum Toward a Synthesis of Mass Communication Research and the Sociology of ReligionReligion and Mass Media Use - Judith M Buddenbaum and Daniel A Stout A Review of the Mass Communication and Sociology LiteraturePART TWO: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDIA ORIENTATIONS: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVESCatholicism, Conscience, and Censorship - Ted G JelenMainline Protestants and the Media - Judith M BuddenbaumEvangelicals¿ Uneasy Alliance with the Media - Quentin J SchultzeFundamentalism and the Media, 1930-1990 - Margaret Lamberts BendrothProtecting the Family - Daniel A Stout Mormon Teaching about Mass MediaPART THREE: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN MASS MEDIA USE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AUDIENCE BEHAVIORReligion, Mass Media and Tolerance for Civil Liberties - Tony RimmerThe Role of Religion in Newspaper Trust, Subscribing and Use for Political Information - Judith M BuddenbaumThe Role of Religion in Public Attitudes toward Religion News - Judith M Buddenbaum and Stewart HooverThe Passionate Audience - Thomas R Lindlof Community Inscriptions of `The Last Temptations of Christ¿PART FOUR: CASE STUDIESKeeping the Faith - Sam G McFarland The Roles of Selective Exposure and Avoidance in Maintaining Religious BeliefsDiversity from Within - JoAnn Myer Valenti and Daniel A Stout An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Culture on Media Use and Effective Communication to WomenUse of Mass Media for Political Information in a Middletown Quaker Meeting - Judith M BuddenbaumHow Mennonites Use Media in Everyday Life - Sharon Hartin Iorio Preserving Identity in a Changing WorldRappin for the Lord - Cheryl Renee Gooch The Uses of Gospel Rap and Contemporary Music in Black Religious CommunitiesMormons, Mass Media, and the Interpretive Audience - Daniel A Stout, David Scott, and Dennis G MartinPART FIVE: THE FUTURE: RELIGION AND THE CHANGING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTReligion and the Information Society - Jorge Reina Schement and Hester C Stephenson