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題名 線上信仰：留台外籍生如何透過網路滿足信仰需求
Faith Online: How Foreign Students in Taiwan Meet Their Spiritual Needs Through Online Means
作者 蔡秀美
Jacqueline Ong
貢獻者 黃葳威
Huang, Vivian
蔡秀美
Jacqueline Ong
關鍵詞 信仰
網路
線上
外籍
學生
faith
online
foreign
international
student
spiritual
日期 2012
上傳時間 11-Jul-2013 17:58:38 (UTC+8)
摘要 本研究探討外籍生在台灣是如何滿足他們的屬靈需求。使用定性研究方法，從線上問卷調查選出12位在台就讀的外籍生，並採訪他們試圖(嘗試)藉由線上方式培養他們信仰的企圖。通過受訪者的敘述，研究者發現(揭露)並使用線上宗教內容的根本原因進行分析，媒體消費的宗教資源，一個新的宗教交流的建立，放置在這樣的網絡媒體參與的含義和意義，離線和在線的宗教習俗，並與他們在母國和東道國(地主國)的比較。主要題材出現，如屬靈權柄的轉移浪潮，在線資源的信譽(可性度；公信力)，在線的匿名性和距離與在線與離線互動的問責性(權責性；可究責性)和脆弱性，「感覺」的與真正的社群，用戶端控制與崇拜的被動模式，和道義上的責任，無論是在線還是離線，無論是在母國或地主國以任何方法保持他們的信仰。同時列出大學和教會的建議和意見，強調外籍生精神需求的需要，以適應高等教育國際化帶來的壓力，它需要他們所身處的國際社群中其他機構能回應他們的需求，比如教會。這項研究也有利於外籍生，他們可以向這些已經親身經歷新環境適應過程學習，如此無論他們生活在那一個新環境，可以確保他們的信仰仍然活著。
This research study explored the processes involved as foreigners meet their spiritual needs in a foreign country. Using qualitative research method, twelve foreign respondents studying in various universities in Taiwan were chosen from an online survey and interviewed about their attempt to cultivate their faith through online means in their host country of residence. Through the narratives of the respondents, the researcher uncovered and analyzed the underlying reasons for the use of online religious content, the media consumption of religious resources, the construction of a new religious communication, the meanings and significance placed in such online media engagement, and a comparison of offline and online religious practices in their home and host countries, respectively. Major themes emerged such as the shifting tide of spiritual authority, the credibility of online sources, the anonymity and distance of online means versus the accountability and vulnerability of offline interactions, the “sense-of” versus a real community, the user-control versus the passive mode of worship, and the moral obligation to remain in the faith in whatever means, whether online or offline, whether in the home country or the host country. Recommendations and suggestions for universities and churches were included, stressing the need to accommodate the spiritual needs of the foreign students as the internationalization of higher education brings with it the corresponding need for the internationalization of other societal institutions such as the church. This study also benefits the foreign students as they learn from the narratives of their fellow foreigners who have gone ahead of them in adapting a very sacrosanct realm of their lives in a new environment to ensure that their faith remains alive wherever they are.
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國立政治大學
國際傳播英語碩士學位學程(IMICS)
99461024
101
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dc.contributor.advisor 黃葳威zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor Huang, Vivianen_US
dc.contributor.author (Authors) 蔡秀美zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) Jacqueline Ongen_US
dc.creator (作者) 蔡秀美zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Jacqueline Ongen_US
dc.date (日期) 2012en_US
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dc.description.abstract (摘要) 本研究探討外籍生在台灣是如何滿足他們的屬靈需求。使用定性研究方法，從線上問卷調查選出12位在台就讀的外籍生，並採訪他們試圖(嘗試)藉由線上方式培養他們信仰的企圖。通過受訪者的敘述，研究者發現(揭露)並使用線上宗教內容的根本原因進行分析，媒體消費的宗教資源，一個新的宗教交流的建立，放置在這樣的網絡媒體參與的含義和意義，離線和在線的宗教習俗，並與他們在母國和東道國(地主國)的比較。主要題材出現，如屬靈權柄的轉移浪潮，在線資源的信譽(可性度；公信力)，在線的匿名性和距離與在線與離線互動的問責性(權責性；可究責性)和脆弱性，「感覺」的與真正的社群，用戶端控制與崇拜的被動模式，和道義上的責任，無論是在線還是離線，無論是在母國或地主國以任何方法保持他們的信仰。同時列出大學和教會的建議和意見，強調外籍生精神需求的需要，以適應高等教育國際化帶來的壓力，它需要他們所身處的國際社群中其他機構能回應他們的需求，比如教會。這項研究也有利於外籍生，他們可以向這些已經親身經歷新環境適應過程學習，如此無論他們生活在那一個新環境，可以確保他們的信仰仍然活著。zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This research study explored the processes involved as foreigners meet their spiritual needs in a foreign country. Using qualitative research method, twelve foreign respondents studying in various universities in Taiwan were chosen from an online survey and interviewed about their attempt to cultivate their faith through online means in their host country of residence. Through the narratives of the respondents, the researcher uncovered and analyzed the underlying reasons for the use of online religious content, the media consumption of religious resources, the construction of a new religious communication, the meanings and significance placed in such online media engagement, and a comparison of offline and online religious practices in their home and host countries, respectively. Major themes emerged such as the shifting tide of spiritual authority, the credibility of online sources, the anonymity and distance of online means versus the accountability and vulnerability of offline interactions, the “sense-of” versus a real community, the user-control versus the passive mode of worship, and the moral obligation to remain in the faith in whatever means, whether online or offline, whether in the home country or the host country. Recommendations and suggestions for universities and churches were included, stressing the need to accommodate the spiritual needs of the foreign students as the internationalization of higher education brings with it the corresponding need for the internationalization of other societal institutions such as the church. This study also benefits the foreign students as they learn from the narratives of their fellow foreigners who have gone ahead of them in adapting a very sacrosanct realm of their lives in a new environment to ensure that their faith remains alive wherever they are.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1.1 Research Background 2
1.1.1 Foreign Students and Religion 2
1.1.2 Religion and Media 3
1.2 Motivation and Research Questions 5
1.2.1 Motivation 5
1.2.2 Main Research Questions 6
1.3 Significance and Research Concept 8
1.3.1 Significance 8
1.3.2 Major Conceptual Definitions 10
Chapter 2: Literature Review 16
2.1 Foreign Students and Media 17
2.2 Christian Belief and Church History 22
2.3 Church and New Media 26
2.3.1 Online Church History 33
2.3.2 Functions of Online Religion 34
Chapter 3: Methodology 43
3.1 Research Design 43
3.2 Sampling and Respondent Selection 45
3.3 Participant Background 50
3.4 Data Collection Method 52
3.5 Data Analysis Method 57
Chapter 4: Results and Analyses 60
4.1 Religious Content Online Use 60
4.2 Motivations for Online Religious Content Use 62
4.3 Online Religious Practice 64
4.3.1 Prayer 64
4.3.2 Teaching 66
4.3.3 Fellowship 72
4.4 Meanings and Significance of Religious Media Engagement 82
4.5 Online versus Offline 101
Chapter 5: Conclusion, Suggestion, and Limitation 109
5.1 Conclusion 110
5.1.1 Religious Content Use and Practice 110
5.1.2 Motivations, Meanings, and Significance 113
5.1.3 Transforming Faith 115
5.2 Suggestions and Recommendations 116
5.3 Limitations of Study 120
5.4 Implications for Future Research 121
5.5 Epilogue 122		zh_TW
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dc.subject (關鍵詞) 網路zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 線上zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 外籍zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 學生zh_TW
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dc.subject (關鍵詞) onlineen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) foreignen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) internationalen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) studenten_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) spiritualen_US
dc.title (題名) 線上信仰：留台外籍生如何透過網路滿足信仰需求zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Faith Online: How Foreign Students in Taiwan Meet Their Spiritual Needs Through Online Meansen_US
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dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) References
Arnett, R. C. (2010). Religious Communication Scholarship: Going Nowhere Correctly. Religious Communication Association, 33, 221-246.
Arthur, S. (2002). Technophilia and Nature Religion: the Growth of a Paradox. Religion, 32(4), 303-314.
Baab, L. M. (2008). Portraits of the Future Church: Rhetorical Analysis of Congregational Websites. Journal of Communication and Religion, 31, 143-181.
Baier, K. (2010). Spiritual Authority: A Christian Perspective. Buddhist-Christian Studies(30), 107-119.
Barbatsis, G. (2005). Reception Theory. In S. M. Ken Smith, Gretchen Barbatsis, Keith Kenney (Ed.), Handbook of Visual Communication: Theory, Methods, and Media. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Bente, G., Rüggenberg, S., Krämer, Nicole, C., and Eschenburg, F. (2008). Avatar-Mediated Networking: Increasing Social Presence and Interpersonal Trust in Net-Based Collaborations. Human Communication Research, 34(2), 287-318.
Bobkowski, P. S., and Pearce, L.D. (2011). Baring Their Souls in Online Profiles or Not? Religious Self-Disclosure in Social Media. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50(4), 744-762.
Bochner, S., McLeod, B. M. and Lin, A. (1977). Friendship patters of overseas students: A functional model. International Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 277-294.
Brown, L. (2009). An ethnographic study of the friendship patterns of international students in England: An attempt to recreate home through conational interaction. International Journal of Educational Research, 48(3), 184-193.
Campbell, H. (2005). Exploring Religious Community Online. New York: Peter Lang.
Campbell, H. (2007). Who’s Got the Power? Religious Authority and the Internet. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(3), 1043-1062.
Campbell, H. (2010). When Religion Meets New Media. Oxon: Routledge.
Castells, M. (2010). The Rise of the Network Society Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell.
Cheong, P. and Poon, J. (2009). Weaving Webs of Faith: Examining Internet Use and Religious Communication Among Chinese Protestant Transmigrants. Conference Papers -- International Communication Association, 1-31.
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