Organizing on the Internet: Semiological Analysis of a
Digital Apparatus of the Online Candles
Organizing on the Internet: Semiological Analysis of a
Digital Apparatus of the Online Candles
Organizing on the Internet: Semiological Analysis of a Digital Apparatus of the Online Candles
Author(s): Delphine SaurierSubject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology, Semiology, Communication studies, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion, Rhetoric
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: asynchronous cyber rituals; semiological analysis; Lourdes; Online candles; religious practice;
Summary/Abstract: Religion is massively present on Internet, and for two decades scholar shave studied this presence essentially to understand the effects of Internet on religious practices. In this article we conduct a semiological analysis of a digital apparatus called Online candles in order to show how an apparatus for asynchronous cyber rituals has been developed for the benefit of a religious organization: theSanctuary of Lourdes. In so doing, this article contributes new findings that advance our understanding of how religious practices on the Internet reveal a new age religious organization strategy.
Journal: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies
- Issue Year: 12/2019
- Issue No: 23 (1)
- Page Range: 143-166
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English