Iqbal, Asep Muhamad (2013) Religion and the Adoption of New Media: The Internet Use by the Salafi Movement in Indonesia. Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia, 2 (2). pp. 77-87.
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Abstract
Through analysis of the case of the internet and Salafism in Indonesia, this article argues that the notion of incompatibility between the internet and religion, which is based on the secularization theory that emphasizes on the inherent incompatibility between religion and modernity, is inaccurate and not empirically supported. In fact, the internet provides religion with new opportunities that have been eagerly welcomed, adopted and cultured by religious communities according to their religious purposes and communal interests. This new medium has become a new enabling tool that facilitates religion and religious communities to pursue their goals and advance their views. This positive response to the internet is represented in the ways Salafis in Indonesia are utilizing websites, which can be categorized into four types of usage: ideological, polemical, contextual and communicative uses. The internet is used by Salafis as a new medium for disseminating ideology, engaging in disputes, responding to contemporary issues and building linkage with one another. All this clearly demonstrates that the internet has positively impacted on religion and that religion is able to be part of modernity by adopting and adapting modernity products like the internet.
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