Research On Internet Religious Information Function

The research on the function of Internet religious information is an in-depth study of the structural and functional theory of religious sociology,and it is also a cutting-edge research conducted by the intersection of religion and network sociology,network communication,artificial intelligence and other disciplines.Religious information on the Internet has a lot of overlap with the concept of"Internet religion" commonly used in academic circles.In this article,it mainly refers to the information groups that are active and regularly moving on the Internet as a religion of belief culture(such as webcasts of religious activities,etc.);The various functions of these information groups for society,organizations,individuals,etc.are called Internet religious information functions.With the rapid development of the Internet and artificial intelligence technology,the issue of how to understand the rapid spread of religion on the Internet and how to view the impact of artificial intelligence technology on religion has attracted more and more experts’ attention.However,in the active research on these hotspots,there are problems such as"fewer researchers with academic background in religious science","too many negative comments on the functions of Internet religious information",and "more research on the’fragmentation’ of Internet religious information but lack of holistic research"etc.This article attempts to solve this problem and focuses the research on the social functions of Internet religious information.It is hoped that through the study of Internet religious information functions,the proposition of this era can explain and respond to the needs of reality,the basic theoretical research on religious function,religious sociology,and even religion essence and history,religion and science will be further studied.At the same time,they have also tried to make some contributions to the construction of the discipline system,academic system and discourse system of religious studies with Chinese characteristics.Under the guidance of the Marxist view of religion,the whole paper is answering the core question of "After adding the variable group of the Internet,how does the function of religion change?" This question is discussed from both the theoretical and practical levels.At the theoretical level,one is to create a logically clear theoretical framework for Internet religious information functions,using information theory,mathematics,etymology and other theories to summarize the logical deduction,philosophical basis,development stage,and technical attributes of Internet religious information functions.The second is to use Harrio’s window,linguistic philosophy,structural function theory(AGIL model)and other theories to specifically analyze the functions of Internet religious information:refer to Laswell’s 5W theory of information dissemination(who,what,Which,who,etc.),from the perspective of "people" as the main body of the religious staff,religious groups and religious organizations of religious believers,and from the perspective of "things" such as the "language form and event content" of the content of Internet religious information dissemination,From the perspective of the Internet’s religious information media tool "things",the discussion on the functions of Internet religious information is pushed into depth.At the practical level,a set of more than 30 sub-questions was designed around the core issue of the Internet’s religious function.Based on the analysis of the 7129 samples collected with high reliability and validity,the relevant quantitative analysis was possible.To verify the theory and judgment of Internet users,and to conduct research on netizens’cognition and behavior of Internet religious functions.The thesis mainly uses a combination of qualitative,quantitative and qualitative research methods.Through research,we have come to the main conclusion:Generally speaking,in the Internet era where artificial intelligence technology is the core,because basic attributes such as human physiological attributes and cultural attributes have not been fundamentally changed,religions give meaning to life and integrate society.The basic functions of order and other social aspects have not been changed,but the emergence of the Internet has a breakthrough change in the role of religion:First,because Internet religious information is more easily accessible,religion has a role in more people;secondly,virtual churches,etc.Bring people new and even unprecedented audiovisual experience and religious experience,thereby creating some new religious functions;thirdly,just as people gradually reduce their use of gold and silver with currency,people will increasingly use Internet religious information.Reduce non-Internet religious information,and this makes the function of Internet religious information occupy an increasingly important position in the material world.Specifically,from the perspective of the subject(person),Internet religious information can dig out and interpret new selves,weaken the binary opposition between "us" and "them",better satisfy human emotions and rational communication,and form online beliefs.It will also form a community of network beliefs,which will lead to the paradox of spiritual communication among strangers.From the perspective of content(things),the openness of Internet religious information has created the online religious market.Dispersive traditional religions may be disintegrated by Internet religious information,and believers can use the Internet to be more comprehensive and more comprehensive.More effectively grasp the complex world;from the media(material)point of view,media privatization has resulted in fiercer competition in the religious information market,and religion has realized the sacred flow of disenchantment and reenchantment,and decentralized technology has given believers more freedom.Although the Internet media has opened the religious sacred curtain,it has only changed the cloak of traditional religion and reality,and its core functions still exist.According to the results of the questionnaire,the main body of Internet religious information is 20-40 years old,married,and Male citizens,who are mainly employees of enterprises and institutions,have a certain relevance to the cognition of Internet religious information functions in terms of age,gender,and educational background.From a deeper perspective,the thesis is a dialogue between religion,science,and philosophy in the context of the rapid development of contemporary and future science and technology.Facing the convenience and challenges brought to us by new technologies such as artificial intelligence,quantum computers,and quantum Internet,We can’t get ready answers from Marx and other philosophers about the questions such as"how to make use of the positive functions of Internet religious information,prevent its negative functions,and study its temporarily unrecognizable functions","what factors of artificial intelligence will lead to the change of human attributes,which will lead to the change of religious functions."etc.We can only learn from their theoretical nourishment and combine them with reality,give the answers to these questions from the height of history and times by ourselves.