#Dawa: Islam, Parasocial Relationships, and Gender on Instagram

• In Event: Relating the Religious and the Political in India and the Middle East Today: From Online Islamism to Salafi Social Movements

Brief Overview

The paper analyzes how Instagram users develop parasocial relationships with anonymous or semi-anonymous accounts on Instagram by analyzing Islamic proselytization to show how these accounts become sources of Islamic authority.

Author

• Sofia J Smith, University of Chicago