In the Fall 2017 Religious Communication class we will
spending the second half of the semester exploring the topic of Tolerance and Incivility in Religious
Internet Memes. Each student will engage in an independent research
study on how a specific religious tradition (outside their own) is portrayed through
a set of Internet memes. This is done order to analyze how religion may be
presented and framed within digital culture.
As part of this assignment each student will set up an
individual blog focused on their particular case study. Students are expected to post at least once a
week from weeks 7-11. This is a pass/fail assignment. Posts should be at least
300 words in length, link to assigned question and course readings, highlight
concrete examples with hyperlinks. All posts are due by noon on Friday of the
corresponding week to receive full credit.
Your first blog post should clearly identify and describe
your chosen case study related to topic of Tolerance and Incivility in Religious Internet Memes. It should
state which religious tradition you will explore and what assumptions about
this religion you want to focus on. Please explain your rationale for selecting
this case study topic and what issues of religious understanding/stereotypes
you wish to explore through this study.
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