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Las Vegas and Media
Convergence
Las Vegas and Cultural Religion
Developments Contributing to Cultural Religion:
– Personal Religiosity Trend
– Affinity for Pop Culture
– Simulacra
Research Questions:
– How do Las Vegas entertainment
media incorporate religion?
– How do Las Vegas religious groups
incorporate entertainment?
– Is convergence a useful concept in
understanding these relationships?
Holistic Concept of “Media” Needed
– “City as Medium”– “Informational City”– “Media Environment”
Field Studies– Observations
– Unstructured Interviews
– Cross - Validation on Internet
Three Levels of Convergence
– pseudo church – nightclub– authentic church as
entertainment– casino – temple
exterior
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MGM Grand
Roadside churches
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Television Entertainment
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Guardian Angel Cathedral
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Roman Catholic Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer
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Caesar’s Palace Greco-Roman Statues
Dome ceiling from Venetian
Tropicana stained glass dome
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Religious art
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Implications of the Research