Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : toward a synthesis of mass communication research and the sociology of religion / Daniel A. Stout, Judith M. Buddenbaum -- Religion and mass media use : a review of the mass communication and sociology literature / Judith M. Buddenbaum, Daniel A. Stout -- Catholicism, conscience, and censorship / Ted G. Jelen -- Mainline Protestants and the media / Judith M. Buddenbaum -- Evangelicals' uneasy alliance with the media / Quentin J. Schultze -- Fundamentalism and the media, 1930-1990 / Margaret Lamberts Bendroth -- Protecting the family : Mormon teachings about mass media / Daniel A. Stout -- Religion, mass media, and tolerance for civil liberties / Tony Rimmer -- The role of religion in newspaper trust, subscribing, and use for political information / Judith M. Buddenbaum -- The role of religion in public attitudes toward religion news / Judith M. Buddenbaum, Stewart M. Hoover -- The passionate audience : community inscriptions of The last temptations of Christ / Thomas R. Lindlof -- Keeping the faith : the roles of selective exposure and avoidance in maintaining religious beliefs / Sam G. McFarland -- Diversity from within : an analysis of the impact of religious culture on media use and effective communication to women / JoAnn Myer Valenti, Daniel A. Stout -- Use of mass media for political information in a middletown Quaker meeting / Judith M. Buddenbaum -- How Mennonites use media in everyday life : preserving identity in a changing world / Sharon Hartin Iorio -- Rappin' for the Lord : the uses of gospel rap and contemporary music in Black religious communities / Cheryl Renée Gooch -- Mormons, mass media, and the interpretive audience / Daniel A. Stout, David W. Scott, Dennis G. Martin -- Religion and the information society / Jorge Reina Schement, Hester C. Stephenson.