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Emotion, Sensory Experience, and Islamic Discourse on the Internet: Theorizing the Affective Islamic Public
dc.contributor.advisor | Brinton, Jacquelene | |
dc.contributor.author | Ale-Ebrahim, Benjamin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-30T02:51:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-30T02:51:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15273 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25794 | |
dc.description.abstract | Digital 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.extent | 84 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Religion | |
dc.subject | Islamic studies | |
dc.subject | Web studies | |
dc.subject | affect | |
dc.subject | internet | |
dc.subject | Islam | |
dc.subject | publics | |
dc.title | Emotion, Sensory Experience, and Islamic Discourse on the Internet: Theorizing the Affective Islamic Public | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Stainton, Hamsa | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Halegoua, Germaine | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Religious Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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