Catholic E-Vangelization and Web 2.0 during Pandemic time in Mexico

Authors

  • Yves Bernardo Roger Solís Nicot

Keywords:

E-vangelization, TikTok, spirituality, pandemic, Catholic church.

Abstract

In Mexico, even before the health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some priests, religious men, and women chose to bring the gospel to digital social networks. One of them is the famous Chinese short-form video hosting service: TikTok. The phenomenon studied is alive, so new methodological tools and methods are needed to analyze it. In this article, I used new tools and methods of digital ethnography and text analysis to understand the production of content and the reactions of the faithful through the analysis of two cases of Catholictokeros originally from Mexico: Sister Judith and Father Borre. The health emergency came to accelerate an already existing process. The institutional effort of the Catholic Church in these times of health emergency has been plural and diverse both in the digital and analog world.

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Published

2023-11-22 — Updated on 2024-03-13

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How to Cite

Solís Nicot, Y. B. R. (2024). Catholic E-Vangelization and Web 2.0 during Pandemic time in Mexico. Cuicuilco Revista De Ciencias Antropológicas, 30(88), 131–152. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/cuicuilco/article/view/20231 (Original work published November 22, 2023)