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dc.contributor.advisorBrinton, Jacquelene
dc.contributor.authorAle-Ebrahim, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T02:51:45Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T02:51:45Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-31
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15273
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/25794
dc.description.abstractDigital media platforms have become important spaces for Muslims to discuss and debate Islam and Islamic values in the contemporary world. In this study, I analyze the affective nature of digital Islamic discourse, focusing primarily on how the internet allows for the formation of transnational Muslim collectives based upon shared sensory experience. In doing so, I coin a new term that I use to refer to such digital spaces – the affective Islamic public. I discuss three case studies that I use to define the affective Islamic public: a social media controversy surrounding an American Muslim journalist, an online argument between a preacher in Tajikistan and a member of ISIS, and a Snapchat Live Story depicting the events of a Muslim religious holiday. To conclude, I suggest some best practices that other researchers interested in affect and digital religious discourse can use to conduct further studies in this field.
dc.format.extent84 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectIslamic studies
dc.subjectWeb studies
dc.subjectaffect
dc.subjectinternet
dc.subjectIslam
dc.subjectpublics
dc.titleEmotion, Sensory Experience, and Islamic Discourse on the Internet: Theorizing the Affective Islamic Public
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberStainton, Hamsa
dc.contributor.cmtememberHalegoua, Germaine
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineReligious Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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