Contemplative Media Studies
Religions August 26, 2015 Kevin Healey 10 citations
Digital technologies raise psychological and socio-economic questions about consciousness, selfhood, and ethics. This article proposes a framework called contemplative media studies, which combines critical political-economic media scholarship focused on justice and structural reform, media and religious scholarship examining digital culture and religious identity, and contemplative studies applying contemplative principles to research. The framework analyzes the spiritual ideology behind commercial digital platforms and asks whether alternative platforms could better support human development. Grounded in a commitment to socio-economic justice, contemplative media studies aims to articulate an ethically responsive and economically sustainable architecture for human flourishing.