Mia Lövheim (born 1968) is a professor of the Sociology of Religion at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden with a research specialisation in new media.
After completing her doctorate in 2004 with a dissertation published as Intersecting Identities: Young People, Religion, and Interaction on the Internet, she did postdoctoral work at the Institute for Media and Communication at the University of Oslo, in Norway, pursuing the theme of her dissertation on youth self-definition on the internet, particularly in relation to girls and to religion, with a project entitled Between Postmodernity and Tradition: Young Women's Values in Mediated Stories on the Internet, and was appointed to a professorship in 2011. Based on her research, she has spoken to the challenges the established churches face in attracting new members among youth.
Publications
- Intersecting Identities: Young People, Religion, and Interaction on the Internet, Uppsala University, 2004, ISBN 978-91-506-1740-5
- (ed.) Media, Religion, and Gender: Key Issues and New Challenges, Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9780415504720
References
- Mia Lövheim Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine at Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University, archived at the Wayback Machine, 3 April 2012 (in Swedish).
- Randi Kvåle Iversen, "Mia Lövheim er blitt professor", Institutt for Media and Communication, University of Oslo, 17 August 2011 (in Norwegian)
- Linn Stalsberg, "Jentebloggere slipper ikke unna tradisjonelle krav", Apollon, University of Oslo, 19 October 2009 (in Norwegian)
- Knut Lundby, "Søker ungdom Gud på nett? Norske nettsamfunn", Ungdomsarbeid.no, 23 October 2009 (in Norwegian)
- Kristin Engh Førde, "Bloggprinsessene kommer", Kilden, 20 April 2010 (in Norwegian)
- "Nettsatsing genererer ikke kirkemedlemmer", Vårt Land, 21 December 2007, archived at the Wayback Machine, 11 August 2007 (in Norwegian)
- Sven Egil Omdal, "Gud er ikke godt stoff", Aftenbladet, 28 November 2009 (in Norwegian)
External links
- Mia Lövheim at Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies
- List of publications at Nordicom