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User Experiences with Smartphone Applications for Spirituality: How Do Spiritual Mobile Application Users Construct Spirituality?
Sauter, Ronja (2024) User Experiences with Smartphone Applications for Spirituality: How Do Spiritual Mobile Application Users Construct Spirituality?
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| Abstract: | In our progressively digitalized world, numerous activities once conducted in an analog form have transitioned into “smart” mobile applications (apps), encompassing spiritual practices among them. Society’s growing fascination with spiritual apps, offering features aligned with alternative spirituality like meditation, mindfulness, self-reflection, or astrology, stands in contrast with the limited amount of research dedicated to this burgeoning field. This study aimed to shed light on how spiritual mobile app users construct spirituality. A discourse analysis (DA) was applied on 26 interview transcripts, based on which 16 discursive constructions and five discourses of spirituality emerged, which include (a) The role of spirituality in an individual’s life – Personal significance (b) Seeking harmonious balance – An integrated self (c) The best of different worlds – Scientific rationality and spiritual beliefs (d) Religious parallels – Being religious without being religious (e) Spirituality as a state of being – Unveiling the essence. This study contributes to a better understanding of the diverse ways spirituality is constructed. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/98511 |
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