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Broadcasting of religious events through the network has been proven to be an inexpensive way to bring a service of church to be followed through the network. The systems for religious events were considered to be easy to use in the studied congregations. The image quality was rated to be good on average by the interviewees. The sound quality was evaluated up to be a very good in three churches by the interviewees. The study shows, that there are on average same number of people as followers through the network as number of persons in the church for worship. Taking into account also those people who follow the worship service afterwards via the network, the number of people is even larger than number of people present in the church during the service. Religious events in the church on holidays are followed through the network more than the usual Sunday worships. Especially popular have been the holiday music productions, such as Easter passions that have collected thousands of followers across the network. Based on the interviews, the network service is appreciated most favorable by the members of the congregation. Some of the priests were a little worried at the beginning, when the service is transmitted to the network, but they became accustomed to it very soon. The most common motive for the network transmission has been to bring the church where the people are. Webcasts have become an integral part of the weekend's media offerings in the studied congregations. Other motives to offer webcasts are to proclaim gospel in modern media. In the church of Agricola there is willingness to raise awareness of the spiritual artists for webcasts. Network broadcasts have influenced in a positive way to the image of the congregation. Many local newspapers were interested in the topic and have written articles in magazines. The network broadcasts of the religious events have not influenced descending to the number of visitors in the events in studied churches. In all the studied congregations there were built communal and ritual elements on the webcasts. Examples of ritual elements are e.g. possibility to send prayers, to participate in the offering, or to sing hymns and spiritual songs when the hymn numbers are shown, or the lyrics are displayed on the screen. There is also possibility to send prayers via webcast to the religious event. It is part of communal dimension when the congregation prays together for prayer requests sent to the religious event. The dimension of the community in prayers is linked to the fact that there should be a possibility to pray for the prayers, which is sent to the service. In three congregations there have been made trials for discussion possibilities during the network broadcast of service. Experience has shown that most functioning discussion platforms have been the platforms of social media (like Facebook) where the discussion is made by own names. By the time of this interview, the online discussions have not been very active.","abstract_html":"This thesis is a qualitative study of religious events on the Internet, characteristics and experiences in five congregations. The main data collection method was the interview. The following Lutheran congregations were involved in the study: Helsinki Cathedral congregation (Agricola church) and congregations in Kangasala, in Lieto, in Varkaus and in Oulu. The rapid technological development of the Internet, especially the increase of the access speeds in the network, has made possible to transfer live video and audio over a network. Broadcasting of religious events through the network has been proven to be an inexpensive way to bring a service of church to be followed through the network. The systems for religious events were considered to be easy to use in the studied congregations. The image quality was rated to be good on average by the interviewees. The sound quality was evaluated up to be a very good in three churches by the interviewees. The study shows, that there are on average same number of people as followers through the network as number of persons in the church for worship. Taking into account also those people who follow the worship service afterwards via the network, the number of people is even larger than number of people present in the church during the service. Religious events in the church on holidays are followed through the network more than the usual Sunday worships. Especially popular have been the holiday music productions, such as Easter passions that have collected thousands of followers across the network. Based on the interviews, the network service is appreciated most favorable by the members of the congregation. Some of the priests were a little worried at the beginning, when the service is transmitted to the network, but they became accustomed to it very soon. The most common motive for the network transmission has been to bring the church where the people are. Webcasts have become an integral part of the weekend's media offerings in the studied congregations. Other motives to offer webcasts are to proclaim gospel in modern media. In the church of Agricola there is willingness to raise awareness of the spiritual artists for webcasts. Network broadcasts have influenced in a positive way to the image of the congregation. Many local newspapers were interested in the topic and have written articles in magazines. The network broadcasts of the religious events have not influenced descending to the number of visitors in the events in studied churches. In all the studied congregations there were built communal and ritual elements on the webcasts. Examples of ritual elements are e.g. possibility to send prayers, to participate in the offering, or to sing hymns and spiritual songs when the hymn numbers are shown, or the lyrics are displayed on the screen. There is also possibility to send prayers via webcast to the religious event. It is part of communal dimension when the congregation prays together for prayer requests sent to the religious event. The dimension of the community in prayers is linked to the fact that there should be a possibility to pray for the prayers, which is sent to the service. In three congregations there have been made trials for discussion possibilities during the network broadcast of service. Experience has shown that most functioning discussion platforms have been the platforms of social media (like Facebook) where the discussion is made by own names. 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Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden.","Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. 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The following Lutheran congregations were involved in the study: Helsinki Cathedral congregation (Agricola church) and congregations in Kangasala, in Lieto, in Varkaus and in Oulu. The rapid technological development of the Internet, especially the increase of the access speeds in the network, has made possible to transfer live video and audio over a network. Broadcasting of religious events through the network has been proven to be an inexpensive way to bring a service of church to be followed through the network. The systems for religious events were considered to be easy to use in the studied congregations. The image quality was rated to be good on average by the interviewees. The sound quality was evaluated up to be a very good in three churches by the interviewees. The study shows, that there are on average same number of people as followers through the network as number of persons in the church for worship. Taking into account also those people who follow the worship service afterwards via the network, the number of people is even larger than number of people present in the church during the service. Religious events in the church on holidays are followed through the network more than the usual Sunday worships. Especially popular have been the holiday music productions, such as Easter passions that have collected thousands of followers across the network. Based on the interviews, the network service is appreciated most favorable by the members of the congregation. Some of the priests were a little worried at the beginning, when the service is transmitted to the network, but they became accustomed to it very soon. The most common motive for the network transmission has been to bring the church where the people are. Webcasts have become an integral part of the weekend's media offerings in the studied congregations. Other motives to offer webcasts are to proclaim gospel in modern media. In the church of Agricola there is willingness to raise awareness of the spiritual artists for webcasts. Network broadcasts have influenced in a positive way to the image of the congregation. Many local newspapers were interested in the topic and have written articles in magazines. The network broadcasts of the religious events have not influenced descending to the number of visitors in the events in studied churches. In all the studied congregations there were built communal and ritual elements on the webcasts. Examples of ritual elements are e.g. possibility to send prayers, to participate in the offering, or to sing hymns and spiritual songs when the hymn numbers are shown, or the lyrics are displayed on the screen. There is also possibility to send prayers via webcast to the religious event. It is part of communal dimension when the congregation prays together for prayer requests sent to the religious event. The dimension of the community in prayers is linked to the fact that there should be a possibility to pray for the prayers, which is sent to the service. In three congregations there have been made trials for discussion possibilities during the network broadcast of service. Experience has shown that most functioning discussion platforms have been the platforms of social media (like Facebook) where the discussion is made by own names. By the time of this interview, the online discussions have not been very active.","Tämä tutkielma on laadullinen tutkimus uskonnollisista tilaisuuksista verkossa, niiden ominaispiirteistä ja kokemuksista tutkituissa viidessä seurakunnassa. Pääasiallisena aineiston keruun menetelmänä on haastattelu. Tutkimuksessa mukana olevat seurakunnat ovat Helsingin tuomiokirkkoseurakunta (Agricolan kirkko), Kangasalan seurakunta, Liedon seurakunta, Varkauden seurakunta ja Oulun seurakuntayhtymä. Internetin nopea tekninen kehitys, erityisesti verkon yhteysnopeuksien kasvaminen, on mahdollistanut elävän kuvan ja äänen välittämisen verkon kautta. Uskonnollisten tilaisuuksien lähettäminen verkkoon on osoittautunut edulliseksi tavaksi tuoda seurakunnan keskeistä sisältöä verkon kautta seurattavaksi. Tutkituissa seurakunnissa verkkokirkkojärjestelmiä pidettiin pääosin helppokäyttöisinä. Haastateltavat arvioivat kuvan laadun keskimäärin hyväksi verkkokirkoissa. Äänen laatu arvioitiin jopa erittäin hyväksi verkkolähetyksissä kolmessa tutkitussa seurakunnassa. Tutkituissa seurakunnissa jumalanpalveluksia seuraa verkon kautta keskimäärin saman verran ihmisiä, mitä kirkossa on läsnäolijoita jumalanpalveluksessa. Kun otetaan huomioon myös ne henkilöt, jotka katsovat jumalanpalveluksen verkosta jälkeenpäin, nousee verkon kautta seuranneiden lukumäärä suuremmaksi kuin kirkossa läsnä olleiden lukumäärä. Juhlapyhien jumalanpalveluksia seurataan verkon kautta enemmän kuin tavallisten sunnuntaiden jumalanpalveluksia. Erityisen suosittuja ovat olleet juhlapyhien musiikkiproduktiot, esimerkiksi pääsiäisajan passiot, jotka ovat keränneet tuhansia seuraajia verkon välityksellä. Haastattelujen perusteella myönteisimmin palveluun ovat suhtautuneet seurakuntalaiset, joille palvelu on suunnattu. Osa papeista oli alussa hieman huolestuneita, kun lähetys menee verkkoon, mutta siihen totuttiin varsin pian. Yleisin motiivi verkkolähetyksen tarjoamiseen on ollut viedä kirkko sinne, missä ihmiset ovat. Verkkolähetyksistä on tullut olennainen osa viikonlopun mediatarjontaa. Osassa tutkituista seurakunnista evankeliumin eteenpäin vieminen nähtiin myös tärkeänä verkkolähetyksissä. Agricolan kirkossa haluttiin tuoda esiin myös hengellisen musiikin artisteja verkkolähetysten avulla. Verkkolähetysten aloittaminen on vaikuttanut positiivisella tavalla seurakuntien julkisuuskuvaan. Monet paikallislehdet olivat kiinnostuneet asiasta ja tehneet juttuja lehtiin. Kirkossa kävijöiden mää-rään verkkolähetykset eivät ole vaikuttaneet laskevasti tutkituissa seurakunnissa. Kaikissa tutkimuksessa mukana olleissa seurakunnissa oli rakennettu verkkolähetysten yhteyteen yhteisöllisiä ja rituaalisia elementtejä. Rituaalisia tai uskonnon harjoittamiseen liittyviä elementtejä olivat esimerkiksi mahdollisuus lähettää rukouksia, osallistua kolehtiin tai laulaa virsien ja hengellisten laulujen mukana, kun virsien numerot ilmoitetaan tai laulujen sanat tulevat näkyviin kuvaruudulle. Verkon välityksellä voidaan lähettää myös rukouksia uskonnolliseen tilaisuuteen. Tämä on tärkeä yhteisöllinen elementti, kun seurakuntalaisten lähettämien esirukouspyyntöjen puolesta rukoillaan tilaisuudessa yhdessä. Rukousten osalta verkon kautta tapahtuva yhteisöllisyys on sidoksissa uskonnollisen tilaisuuden yhteisöllisyyteen. Kolmessa seurakunnassa oli kokeiltu keskustelumahdollisuutta verkkolähetysten aikana. Kokemusten perusteella parhaiten toimiviksi ovat osoittautuneet valmiit sosiaalisen median keskustelualustat (esimerkiksi Facebook), joissa voidaan käydä keskustelua omalla nimellä. Haastatteluhetkeen mennessä keskustelut verkkolähetyksen yhteydessä eivät olleet virinneet kovinkaan paljon."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Uskonnolliset tilaisuudet verkossa : ominaispiirteet ja kokemukset viidessä seurakunnassa"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Helsingin yliopisto, teologinen tiedekunta, Käytännöllisen teologian laitos","University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology, Department of Practical Theology","Helsingfors universitet, teologiska fakulteten, Institutionen för praktisk teologi"],"dc:creator":["Jolkkonen, Jari A."],"dc:date.issued":["2013"],"dc:description.abstract":["This thesis is a qualitative study of religious events on the Internet, characteristics and experiences in five congregations. The main data collection method was the interview. The following Lutheran congregations were involved in the study: Helsinki Cathedral congregation (Agricola church) and congregations in Kangasala, in Lieto, in Varkaus and in Oulu. 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Religious events in the church on holidays are followed through the network more than the usual Sunday worships. Especially popular have been the holiday music productions, such as Easter passions that have collected thousands of followers across the network. Based on the interviews, the network service is appreciated most favorable by the members of the congregation. Some of the priests were a little worried at the beginning, when the service is transmitted to the network, but they became accustomed to it very soon. The most common motive for the network transmission has been to bring the church where the people are. Webcasts have become an integral part of the weekend's media offerings in the studied congregations. Other motives to offer webcasts are to proclaim gospel in modern media. In the church of Agricola there is willingness to raise awareness of the spiritual artists for webcasts. Network broadcasts have influenced in a positive way to the image of the congregation. Many local newspapers were interested in the topic and have written articles in magazines. The network broadcasts of the religious events have not influenced descending to the number of visitors in the events in studied churches. In all the studied congregations there were built communal and ritual elements on the webcasts. Examples of ritual elements are e.g. possibility to send prayers, to participate in the offering, or to sing hymns and spiritual songs when the hymn numbers are shown, or the lyrics are displayed on the screen. There is also possibility to send prayers via webcast to the religious event. It is part of communal dimension when the congregation prays together for prayer requests sent to the religious event. The dimension of the community in prayers is linked to the fact that there should be a possibility to pray for the prayers, which is sent to the service. In three congregations there have been made trials for discussion possibilities during the network broadcast of service. Experience has shown that most functioning discussion platforms have been the platforms of social media (like Facebook) where the discussion is made by own names. By the time of this interview, the online discussions have not been very active.","Tämä tutkielma on laadullinen tutkimus uskonnollisista tilaisuuksista verkossa, niiden ominaispiirteistä ja kokemuksista tutkituissa viidessä seurakunnassa. Pääasiallisena aineiston keruun menetelmänä on haastattelu. Tutkimuksessa mukana olevat seurakunnat ovat Helsingin tuomiokirkkoseurakunta (Agricolan kirkko), Kangasalan seurakunta, Liedon seurakunta, Varkauden seurakunta ja Oulun seurakuntayhtymä. Internetin nopea tekninen kehitys, erityisesti verkon yhteysnopeuksien kasvaminen, on mahdollistanut elävän kuvan ja äänen välittämisen verkon kautta. Uskonnollisten tilaisuuksien lähettäminen verkkoon on osoittautunut edulliseksi tavaksi tuoda seurakunnan keskeistä sisältöä verkon kautta seurattavaksi. Tutkituissa seurakunnissa verkkokirkkojärjestelmiä pidettiin pääosin helppokäyttöisinä. Haastateltavat arvioivat kuvan laadun keskimäärin hyväksi verkkokirkoissa. Äänen laatu arvioitiin jopa erittäin hyväksi verkkolähetyksissä kolmessa tutkitussa seurakunnassa. Tutkituissa seurakunnissa jumalanpalveluksia seuraa verkon kautta keskimäärin saman verran ihmisiä, mitä kirkossa on läsnäolijoita jumalanpalveluksessa. Kun otetaan huomioon myös ne henkilöt, jotka katsovat jumalanpalveluksen verkosta jälkeenpäin, nousee verkon kautta seuranneiden lukumäärä suuremmaksi kuin kirkossa läsnä olleiden lukumäärä. Juhlapyhien jumalanpalveluksia seurataan verkon kautta enemmän kuin tavallisten sunnuntaiden jumalanpalveluksia. Erityisen suosittuja ovat olleet juhlapyhien musiikkiproduktiot, esimerkiksi pääsiäisajan passiot, jotka ovat keränneet tuhansia seuraajia verkon välityksellä. Haastattelujen perusteella myönteisimmin palveluun ovat suhtautuneet seurakuntalaiset, joille palvelu on suunnattu. Osa papeista oli alussa hieman huolestuneita, kun lähetys menee verkkoon, mutta siihen totuttiin varsin pian. Yleisin motiivi verkkolähetyksen tarjoamiseen on ollut viedä kirkko sinne, missä ihmiset ovat. Verkkolähetyksistä on tullut olennainen osa viikonlopun mediatarjontaa. Osassa tutkituista seurakunnista evankeliumin eteenpäin vieminen nähtiin myös tärkeänä verkkolähetyksissä. Agricolan kirkossa haluttiin tuoda esiin myös hengellisen musiikin artisteja verkkolähetysten avulla. Verkkolähetysten aloittaminen on vaikuttanut positiivisella tavalla seurakuntien julkisuuskuvaan. Monet paikallislehdet olivat kiinnostuneet asiasta ja tehneet juttuja lehtiin. Kirkossa kävijöiden mää-rään verkkolähetykset eivät ole vaikuttaneet laskevasti tutkituissa seurakunnissa. Kaikissa tutkimuksessa mukana olleissa seurakunnissa oli rakennettu verkkolähetysten yhteyteen yhteisöllisiä ja rituaalisia elementtejä. Rituaalisia tai uskonnon harjoittamiseen liittyviä elementtejä olivat esimerkiksi mahdollisuus lähettää rukouksia, osallistua kolehtiin tai laulaa virsien ja hengellisten laulujen mukana, kun virsien numerot ilmoitetaan tai laulujen sanat tulevat näkyviin kuvaruudulle. Verkon välityksellä voidaan lähettää myös rukouksia uskonnolliseen tilaisuuteen. Tämä on tärkeä yhteisöllinen elementti, kun seurakuntalaisten lähettämien esirukouspyyntöjen puolesta rukoillaan tilaisuudessa yhdessä. Rukousten osalta verkon kautta tapahtuva yhteisöllisyys on sidoksissa uskonnollisen tilaisuuden yhteisöllisyyteen. Kolmessa seurakunnassa oli kokeiltu keskustelumahdollisuutta verkkolähetysten aikana. Kokemusten perusteella parhaiten toimiviksi ovat osoittautuneet valmiit sosiaalisen median keskustelualustat (esimerkiksi Facebook), joissa voidaan käydä keskustelua omalla nimellä. Haastatteluhetkeen mennessä keskustelut verkkolähetyksen yhteydessä eivät olleet virinneet kovinkaan paljon."],"dc:identifier.uri":["URN:NBN:fi-fe201304032673","http://hdl.handle.net/10138/38644"],"dc:language.iso":["fin"],"dc:publisher":["Helsingfors universitet","University of Helsinki","Helsingin yliopisto"],"dc:rights":["This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.","Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden.","Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. 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