The mediatisation of religion: Theorising religion, media and social change

Culture and Religion

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-135

  Hjarvard, Stig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Media; mediatisation; Nordic countries; popular culture; secularisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959729343     PISSN: 14755610     EISSN: 14755629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2011.579719     Document Type: Article

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