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This book deals with three different subjects: geography, social
media and religion equally to discuss e-religiosity in terms of
screenscapes that shaped digital socialization processes wherein
the role of digital devices in general and smartphones in
particular are considered crucial and critical. The spatial
dimension is the primary foundation of the book wherein both space
and place are discussed in digital manifestations in spatial sense.
Religiosity is discussed variably in a sense of spirituality,
social theories, religions and images. The book uses some
illustrations to understand image politics. Image politics is
quintessential in the age of digital technologies when production
and reproduction of images are not restricted to business only;
rather it attracts politics too and politicians often use the same
to make political scores against opponents. The book covers
contemporary digital discourses of e-religiosity in a sense of
screenscapes that often found pivot in daily discussions across
social media platforms. Screenscapes are considered as mediated
technologies when contents can be accessed from different social
media apps to construct or deconstruct their views, narratives,
discourses, ideas, emotions, and perceptions around religious
images in day-to-day activities, practices, rituals, customs,
traditions, faiths and beliefs. The used illustrations exclusively
map Indian religious gestures, identities, values, and rituals in
digital-spatial contexts.  The book discusses seven
major questions and argues the same across the chapters in varied
representations and interpretations: How and to what extent has the
meaning of religiosity changed in the digital age? What are the
dimensions of e-religiosity in India? How are digital devices
(re)shaping religiosity in terms of e-religiosity? How and to what
extent digital devices are negotiating with social and cultural
lives? What is digital spatiality? How and to what extent does
social media influence religiosity?Â
This book offers a spatial insights on the social mediasphere in
the context of digital shutdowns and reflects the dimensions of
political economy and of social media in general. Internet
shutdowns have been found to be more prevalent in developing
countries than in developed countries, with India leading in
Internet shutdowns in the world. Internet shutdowns have occurred
in India for several reasons, mainly to hinder the spreading of
information through social media - this is discussed in detail
along with political motives behind this and how this can conflict
with government policies, such as the flagship program "Digital
India" which is ostensibly meant to improve the infrastructure and
expansion of digital information throughout the country. This book
suggests new dimensions in the digital spatiality. Furthermore, the
digital space is defined and discussed, including its role and how
this might be reflected in concepts around spatiality and spaces.
More concretely, the book considers the following questions: How is
social media reflected in spatial sciences? How does the space
differ from more tangible spaces, such as the hydrosphere or
atmosphere? How do (computer/mobile phone) screens behave as a
space/place in the context of behavioural sciences? How is this
reflected in what is shaping and reshaping the spatiality of
digital gadgets? Do digital gadgets change the socialization
process that's often considered a path towards how we develop in
society? How do internet shutdowns affect the political economy and
what patterns can be seen in how individuals, companies and the
internet industry in particular react to these shutdowns in India?
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