The Internet as a religion. The use of religious language in describing the benefits of the Internet

Elena Filipescu ()
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Elena Filipescu: University of Bucharest

Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, 2019, issue 2, 5-8

Abstract: In the last decades, the Internet has aroused a wave of enthusiasm that is difficult to be compared with the one of other technological advances. In this paper, I start from the concept of "implicit religion" in order to analyse language-level similarities between traditional religions and the Internet as a religion, mentioning the myth-making process of the Internet. I include the example of the Church of Reality, a religion formed on the Internet and inspired by it, and I explore the role that the Internet has in its doctrine.

Keywords: Internet; religion; Church of Reality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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