Daniel Arasa

Pontificia Università della Santa Croce | PUSC · School of Church Communications

This case study focuses on the pastoral and communicative activity of priests from nine Roman Catholic dioceses during the first wave of Covid-19, i.e. from the beginning of the pandemic to approximately June 2020. The dioceses belong to all continents: two are in North America (Saint Augustine, USA, and Ciudad Victoria, Mexico); two in Africa (Isi...

This interview with Professor Emily Bell encompasses a variety of topics centered on the relationship between digital platforms and journalism, religion, and society. Issues range from the alarming phenomenon of a growing share of the population who avoid news altogether to the resistance of internet companies to regulate speech. Professor Bell is...

Mass religious events are often an unprecedented tourist opportunity. A clear example was the meeting of Pope Francis with more than three million young people in July 2016 in Krakow, on the occasion of the 31st World Youth Day. Although it was a mainly religious event, the experience of past editions (for example, Madrid 2011 and Rio de Janeiro 20...

Mission statement: Church, Communication and Culture (CC&C) is an open access academic journal of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross’ School of Church Communications. Published by Taylor & Francis (Routledge), the Journal is dedicated to deepening knowledge and understanding about the dialogue between religion, communication and culture in...

This volume considers the implementation difficulties of researching religion online and reflects on the ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists of religion when using digital research methods. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, global case studies draw on the use of social media as a method for researching religious oppression, re...

Numerous studies have investigated the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) as well as the Internet within the ambit of religious communication. The interest of the Catholic Church for communication opportunities offered by new media platforms is documented by, on the one hand, considerable activity on the web from various i...

Effectively teaching Internet communication and website design to students without a technical background is not a trivial task. This paper introduces a framework for understanding the factors characterizing the communication scenario defined by a web site which has been used in undergraduate courses of the Communication curriculum. The approach as...