The Internet and Religious Communication in Kazakhstan

Abstract

Religious organizations of Kazakhstan are actively developing the Internet to create their information and communication space. Today, the Internet has become not only a platform for interreligious dialogue, a missionary field of traditional religions, but also a way of spreading various quasi-religious ideas.

Today the Internet is the main information channel, where news about religious life in Kazakhstan appears and circulates. The Internet is a free environment, practically unrestricted by the ideological and formal framework that operates in the "big media", in addition, other commercial schemes operate here. Therefore, the spectrum of topics artificially narrowed in the modern media mainstream (print media, radio and television), looks much wider here.

The article analyzes the content of religious topics on Kazakh sites. The features of religious currents in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the areas of their distribution are analyzed. Attention is drawn to the great influence of the media on the development of religious organizations and the dissemination of information. The conclusion is made about the increase in awareness and religious activity in connection with the growth of the dissemination of information of religious content.