Religious Leaders, Mediated Authority, and Social Change

Abstract

This essay discusses the relationships between mediated religious authority and social change, in terms of clergy's social media negotiation and multimodal communication competence, with implications for attracting attention and galvanizing active networks and resources for social initiatives.

Keywords:

• Religious Authority
• Communication technologies
• Social movements
• Social media
• Meditation

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Notes on contributors

Pauline Hope Cheong

Pauline Hope Cheong is an Associate Professor at Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University