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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 7 (23): 23-46, Serial Number 3, Summer 2020

APPLIED PAPER

Social Media and Interfaith Dialogue

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Dr. Farideh Amirfarhangi , Ahmad Ramezani

1. * PhD in Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Corresponding Author)

2. PhD Student in Department of Non-Ebrahimi Religions, Faculty of Religions, University of Religions and
Denominations, Qom, Iran, a.ramezani9098@gmail.com

ARTICLE INFO Abstract
Received 02 November 2019 SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: Aided by technology lots
Revised 04 August 2020 of people nowadays use online media many hours per day;
Accepted 28 August 2020
regardless a mere access, online media is mainly used to surf
Key Words: net, get directions, do e-shopping, chat with friends and share
Social Media messages among its many other applications.
Interfaith Dialogue METHOD AND FINDING: while the present research tries to
answer how social media as a part of online life could be used in
Potter’s Skills religion field to be familiar with different religions, exchange
religious ideas and in general for interfaith dialogue for
DOI:
10.22034/IMJPL.2020.2118 peacemaking purposes such as decreasing the extent of violence,
massacres, genocides and wars human beings witness these days
DOR: due to faith differences. Even scholars work in religion sciences
20.1001.1.26767610.2020. encourage people from all over the world to read about and get
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familiar with other religions. So far many papers have been written
on the issue and it is believed that this is the duty of the elites to
discuss about the problem and lead the people to the right way.
CONCLUSION: The present paper however suggests that
social media users can apply it to discuss about faiths and
exchange their relevant religious ideas if of course they know
how to analyze, evaluate and synthesize contents without
bias. The authors of the present paper believe that so far the
skills for dealing with media products have not been
publicized in many countries. Thus, following Potter’s media
skills pattern, they refer to three skills of analysis, evaluation,
and synthesis of media messages.
* Corresponding Author:
Email: Article Address Published on the Journal Site:
amirfarhangi2002@yahoo.com http://p-l.journals.miu.ac.ir/article_2118.html
ORCID: 0000-0002-4334-8811

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