Journal of Indonesian Digital Islamic Studies
Aims The Journal of Indonesian Digital Islamic Studies (JIDIS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that advances theoretically informed and empirically grounded scholarship on the intersections of Islam, media, and digital culture. The journal conceptualizes digital Islam as a transformative socio-cultural and epistemic domain in which religious knowledge, authority, identity, and practice are continuously produced, mediated, and contested through digital infrastructures. JIDIS prioritizes research that engages critically with contemporary debates in digital religion and the social sciences, supported by clear methodological rigor, conceptual clarity, and original empirical contributions. Positioning Indonesia as a strategic site of inquiry, the journal highlights how the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy provides critical insights into broader global transformations of religion in digitally mediated societies. JIDIS encourages comparative, regional, and transnational perspectives that connect Indonesian cases with wider theoretical and empirical developments. The journal emphasizes analytically rigorous, empirical, and theory-driven research grounded in the social sciences, and does not primarily publish normative theological argumentation. Scope JIDIS publishes original research articles that contribute to interdisciplinary and social-scientific analyses of Islam in relation to digital media and culture. The journal focuses on the following five interrelated areas: 1. Digital Mediation of Islamic Knowledge and Authority Research on the production, circulation, and contestation of Islamic knowledge, including tafsir, hadith, and fatwa, as well as the transformation of religious authority and legitimacy in digital environments. 2. Platformized Da‘wah and Religious Pedagogy Studies examining digital da‘wah, online religious learning, and the restructuring of Islamic pedagogy shaped by platform logics such as algorithms, monetization, and audience engagement. 3. Digital Islam, Identity, and Everyday Religious Practice Analyses of how digital media shape Muslim identities, piety, gender relations, and everyday religious practices, particularly among youth and emerging digital communities. 4. Religion, Politics, and the Digital Public Sphere Research exploring the intersections of Islam, media, and politics, including digital activism, political Islam, polarization, and the contestation of religious discourse in public arenas. 5. Algorithmic Mediation and Digital Religious Culture Critical studies on the role of algorithms, datafication, and platform governance in shaping religious visibility, representation, and cultural production in digital Islamic contexts. Disciplinary Orientation and Contribution JIDIS welcomes contributions from Islamic studies, media and communication studies, anthropology, sociology, political science, and digital humanities. By integrating Indonesian empirical contexts with global theoretical frameworks, the journal seeks to establish a distinct scholarly niche and contribute to international academic discourse on religion and digital culture.
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