Title: The influence of Social Media on Religions in Uganda
Authors: Niwamanya Juma Bashir
Volume: 8
Issue: 11
Pages: 386-390
Publication Date: 2024/11/28
Abstract:
There is a decline in religion and religious beliefs especially with the rapid changes in technology and social media in particular. Whereas statistics show that the declines are evident in the developed countries, there is limited academic evidence about how social media makes individuals makes people discredit their religion. The binary and multinomial logistic regressions that follow test whether involvement and time spent on social media affect their religious beliefs and attitudes. From the above results, it was revealed that social media has two effects on religion and these effects are not perceived as positive by religious fanatics and those born and particularly raised before the advent of social media. With social media, it was revealed that the users are more likely to adopt multiple religions with a view of getting the 'feel' of the other religion for comparative purposes. Secondly, social media has led to a scenario where every aspect about religion (built on secrecy and metaphorical assertions) is analyzed by individuals with a view of either sinking users deep into religion or otherwise and in this case, the latter prevails especially amongst the female urban youths.