UQ Religious Studies in partnership with the SWell Research Network, Deakin University, presents Professor Heidi Campbell `How Internet Memes Become Implicit Communicators of Dis/Mis-Information about Religion'
Speaker Bio: Heidi A Campbell is Professor of Communication, affiliate faculty in Religious Studies and a Presidential Impact Fellow at Texas A&M University. She is also director of the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies, and a founder of Digital Religion studies. Her award winning research focuses on the intersection of technology, religion and digital culture, with emphasis on Jewish, Muslim & Christian media negotiations. She is author of over 100 articles a dozen books including When Religion Meets New Media (2010), Digital Religion (2013, 2nd edition 2021) and Digital Creatives and the Rethinking Religious Authority (2021). She has been quoted in news outlets as the Houston Chronicle, USA Today, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, and on the BBC.