Mediatization of religion in “texting culture”: self-help religion and the shifting of religious authority
Abstract
This research is the study of SMS Tauhiid phenomena as a religious practice
in the context of media culture. SMS Tauhiid service enables its customer to
access religious messages through SMS which is in particular contexts could
potentially bring new patterns of religious practice. This article uses the
mediatization concept dealing with media studies and political economy as
well. I argue that tausiah as (Islamic) religious communication practice have
transformed into a new pattern that caused by the accomodative actions that
has taken by the religious leaders and actors against media logics. On the one
hand, this phenomenon has opened a new phase in disseminating religious
messages, however on the other hand mediatization of religion has potential
in causing a shift in the role of religious leaders as the religious authorities.
Penelitian ini merupakan studi tentang fenomena SMS Tauhiid sebagai bentuk
praktik agama dalam konteks budaya media. SMS Tauhiid memungkinkan
setiap pelanggan dapat mengakses nasihat agama melalui SMS yang dalam
konteks tertentu berpotensi memunculkan pola-pola baru dalam beragama.
Artikel ini menggunakan pendekatan konsep mediatisasi yang memiliki kaitan
erat dengan disiplin media studies dan ekonomi politik. Saya berargumen bahwa tausiah sebagai praktik komunikasi agama (Islam) telah mengalami
transformasi kedalam bentuk baru disebabkan tindakan akomodatif yang
dilakukan para tokoh dan aktor agama terhadap logika media. Di satu sisi,
fenomena ini telah membuka babak baru bagi proses penyebaran pesan-pesan
agama, namun di sisi lain mediatisasi berpeluang menyebabkan pergeseran
peran tokoh agama sebagai pihak yang memiliki otoritas sumber informasi
agama.
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.18326/ijims.v5i2.231-254
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