Media and New Religions in Japan
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 51267879
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9780203075036
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9780415659123
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This is the first monograph analysing how Japanese “new religions” use media to create marketable images of themselves and their leaders and to transmit teachings. By focusing on movements that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, the study shows how charismatic leadership is constructed and reinforced via mediated processes, and how new religions make use of spectacular, media-oriented rituals to attract new audiences. Based on extensive analysis of primary sources and over 5 years of fieldwork and interviews conducted in Japan, it makes a significant contribution to the field of Japanese studies and to the study of religion and media.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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