Religion and the new media: discourses and debates in the 2018 Fiji General Election Campaign

Ryle, Jacqueline and Tarai, Jope V. (2020) Religion and the new media: discourses and debates in the 2018 Fiji General Election Campaign. The Journal of Pacific Studies, 40 (2). pp. 80-106. ISSN 1011-3029

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Abstract

This article explores discourses and debates on secularism, religion, and politics in social media in connection with the 2018 Fiji general election campaign, and in interviews with leading figures in churches and religious organisations. It discusses how people responded to these issues. It shows that there is still a pervasive lack of clarity in the Fijian population as to what the terms Christian state, secular state, secularism, and secularisation mean, how people understand, discuss, and debate them, and how this lack of clarity was used politically during the campaign.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) > B5800-5802 By religion J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Social Sciences Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > School of Government, Development and International Affairs
Depositing User:	Jope Tarai
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2021 22:46
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2021 22:46
URI:	http://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12503

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