Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Manoto, Princess Lyka S. |
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| Resource Title | "Now streaming : Filipino catholicism" : exploring the cyberfaith culture of Filipino catholics |
| Date Issued | June 2025 |
| Abstract | In this study, I explored the computer-mediated performances of faith and the emergence of cyberfaith through the online mass participation of Filipino Catholic devotees. I specifically analyzed how anti-structure reconfigures cyberfaith among Filipino Catholic devotees, the transformation of embodied practices from traditional to online mass, and the negotiation of Catholic devotees of their cyberfaith through the mediated liveness of online mass. I integrated Victor Turner’s notion of anti-structure and Philip Auslander’s concept of liveness to examine the emergence of cyberfaith among Catholic devotees and their negotiation of mediated contemporary expressions of faith. Anchored in the phenomenological tradition, specifically Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), data were collected through semi-structured interviews, modified participant observation, and co-performance. Findings indicate that online worship reconfigures faith expression by reframing sacred spaces, managing attention and distractions, and transforming ritual aesthetics. Cyberfaith emerges as a valid form of devotion, reflecting continuity, adaptation, and transformation of symbolic practices, particularly in gestures, clothing, routines, Eucharistic participation, offerings, community-building, and embodied sound. Participants emphasized that online masses possess a distinct liveness that enables agency among Catholic devotees in their expression of faith, despite the disembodied nature of digital worship. This highlights how Catholic devotees consciously modify and transgress embodied practices to align with contemporary religious landscapes. Ultimately, cyberfaith is shaped by broader socioeconomic and cultural conditions, redefining how devotion is performed, negotiated, and lived in the digital age. |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication : Rhetoric and Performance; Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication (Rhetoric and Performance) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Mass--Celebration; Cyberfaith, Online mass, Filipino Catholicism, Catholic devotee, Ritual, Anti-structure, Liveness, Religious performance, Co-performance; Catholic church--Liturgy; Internet in church work |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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