A Religious Media Revolution? The Syrian Conflict and the Mediated Sunni Authority
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A Religious Media Revolution? The Syrian Conflict and the Mediated Sunni Authority. / Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob.
I: Politik, Bind 19, Nr. 4, 2016, s. 55-66.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A Religious Media Revolution?
T2 - The Syrian Conflict and the Mediated Sunni Authority
AU - Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article is a preliminary survey of the media usage of Sunni religious actors during the Syrian conflict. It traces the adoption of new media by religious actors, and analyses the kind of authority these actors have sought to embody, whether regime supporting, oppositional or jihadist. It argues that the conflict has completely altered the means and modes of Sunni religious communication, transforming classical genres and bypassing them with new ones. It concludes that the lack of formal authority in the messaging of the jihadist groupings, and their failed efforts to build up credible religious leaders, is a weakness that could well be exploited in the period to come.
AB - This article is a preliminary survey of the media usage of Sunni religious actors during the Syrian conflict. It traces the adoption of new media by religious actors, and analyses the kind of authority these actors have sought to embody, whether regime supporting, oppositional or jihadist. It argues that the conflict has completely altered the means and modes of Sunni religious communication, transforming classical genres and bypassing them with new ones. It concludes that the lack of formal authority in the messaging of the jihadist groupings, and their failed efforts to build up credible religious leaders, is a weakness that could well be exploited in the period to come.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - medier og religion
KW - medier og krig
KW - sunni-islam
KW - kleresi
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 55
EP - 66
JO - Politik
JF - Politik
SN - 1604-0058
IS - 4
ER -
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