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To account for the place of media research within the broader field of sociology of religion requires some reflection on the history of the disciplines involved. In short, the socialscientific study of religion and media has had a checkered history. A scholarly record has gradually developed, but at the same time, the project has tended until recently to lack the kind of theoretical gravitas that propels a substantive body of work forward. Such momentum began to develop in the 1990s, driven by a growing recognition of its importance, and by a growing cadre of (typically younger) scholars committed to answering its burning questions.
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Hoover, S.M. (2006). Media. In: Ebaugh, H.R. (eds) Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23789-5_15
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