Blog Post #2: Research Topic/Issue, 10 Sources

For my research topic, I will do a comparative (text) analysis of religious freedom through the lens of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and government policy.

Do individuals enjoy the same protected religious freedoms online as they do offline? Are there specific social media platforms targeted with hate speech? Are certain religious minorities targeted for their belief systems? Does the advancement of technologies advance or repress the sharing of religious beliefs? How is our U.S. government preserving or frustrating the expressions of religious freedom?

My comparative analysis will investigate and evaluate the following two website resources:  

1. https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/

2. https://religiousfreedominstitute.org/

10 Tentative Sources:

  • Free Speech Still Matters: Joel M. Gora. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=155166397&site=ehost-live
  • Social Media, State Control, and Religious Freedom in China: Jieren Hu. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2019.1624038
  • Comparing Social Media Content Regulation in the US and the EU: Trent Scheurman. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=157481625&site=ehost-live
  • Big Tech's Tightening Grip on Internet Speech: Gregory Dickinson. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=157404598&site=ehost-live
  • Hashtagged Trolling and Emojified Hate Against Against Muslims on Social Media: Ahmed Al-Rawi. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060521
  • Can Social Media Corporations Be Held Liable Under International Law For Human Rights Atrocities?: Juliana Palmieri. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=157756614&site=ehost-live
  • The Protection of Freedom of Expression from Social Media Platforms: Andras Koltay. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=157017858&site=ehost-live
  • Religious Freedom In America: Kevin Den Dulk. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12268
  • The long-run effects of religious persecution: Evidence from the Spanish Inquisition: Mauricio Drelichman. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022881118
  • Religious Intolerance, America, and the World: A History of Forgetting and Remembering: John Corrigan. https://login.libproxy.utahtech.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=158570219&site=ehost-live

Comments

  1. Mike CreerSeptember 14, 2022 at 6:03 AM

    I think you ask some interesting questions.
    First, regarding your question as to whether individuals enjoy the same protected religious freedoms online as they do offline, seems like the answer is yes and no. Yes in the sense that you have a freedom of expression online--you aren't barred from visiting websites based on religion and your religious comments aren't automatically censored or taken down. No in the sense that there aren't any formal means for protection because your protections as a matter of law pretty much only protect you from religious persecution at the hands of the government, or certain activities you do online involving entities that are subject to US law. anything you do online while in other countries is under their law, and may or may not have better, worse, or no protections for certain religious content. All your other questions are interesting and I could say more on those too, but my questions for you would be:

    1. when you are examining the issue of religious freedom, are you going to be considering all religion? The types of hate faced by Muslims at the hands of Christians or vice versa is very different from the discussion of the suppression of religion in general from secularism, which sounds more like I think you're suggesting.

    2. How does your comparison of those two specific sites answer your questions?

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  2. Rachel K. BaldwinSeptember 14, 2022 at 7:09 PM

    The journal or website that has been the most fruitful to me has been EBSCO. This may have created an imbalance, but I'll have to review my sources again and consider what I have and weight that will what I will use.

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  3. florence08September 14, 2022 at 8:32 PM

    Hi Rachel,

    Your 2nd paragraph raises clear, specific, and more pointed questions -- I also like the idea of comparing two selected sites to explore based on the questions raised in the 2nd paragraph. As you annotate your sources this week, keep an eye out on some key issues or approaches from other studies that you might be able to replicate in your own proposal. Mike's #2 question in his response is a possible lead to your research topic. :)

    Best,
    Dr. B

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