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Tusenåriga religioner på 15 sekunder i nya medier.: En studie om hur användarna uttrycker sin religiositet på mediet TikTok 2019.
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Religious Studies.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

As the use of different digital social platforms grows there has been a question raised by scholars if religious belief and peoples view on religion will change or adapt due to new ways of interaction. The purpose of this essay was to investigate how religion is manifested in a new media such as TikTok and how users choose to aesthetically make the posts. The questions at issue was which religions are represented in user-generated content on TikTok? What is said about each religion on TikTok among the users? What religious areas are affected in TikTok posts and how are TikTok posts related to the way religion is presented? The study consists of a result based on qualitative analysis by using hashtag #religion on TikTok. The analytical approach was done by audiovisual approach together with a hermeneutic method to interpret the findings. The findings were then categorized by religious traditions, then subdivided down to different areas of religious aspects to get a clear view of what was said in every represented religion. The result showed that all traditional religions is represented to a great extent and the findings also revealed that a general structure emerged from the viewpoints that there is no religious dissonance on TikTok despite the notion that modern religiosity is characterized by individualization and subjectivation. Rather it emerged that what is said about respective religions is often linked to the traditional discourse of each religion. It also emerged that language was central to the presentation and the preferred way of communicating in TikTok posts marked with #religion.

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2020.
Keywords [en]
Religion, socialmedia, tiktok, secularization, identity, religious studies.
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Religious Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-32141OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-32141DiVA, id: diva2:1402382
Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28

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