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Christian media refers to various aspects of mass media which is primarily targeting the Christian demographic. Christian media has become consolidated through the widespread popularity of Christian pop culture. The conservative Christian right and fundamentalist Christians have been especially active with media ventures.^[1]

Some, although not all Christian media, contribute to the Christian music industry.

Forms

Christian media take various forms:

• Christian film is a fast growing film genre.
• Christian radio, a format of music and programming that, within itself, includes several sub-formats. These include Contemporary Christian music, Urban contemporary gospel, Southern Gospel, inspirational music, talk radio, and formats which include primarily preaching and/or instructional programming.
• Christian television, which may include broadcast television or cable television channels whose entire programming schedule is programs directly related to Christianity, such as Australian Christian Channel or individual shows which are part of the overall programming of a general-interest television station, often shown on Sunday mornings.
• Christian magazines, one of many special-interest groups within the magazine publishing industry. Christian magazines often focus on groups within Christianity, such as men or women, youth, or certain denominations. Many Christian magazines are published by denominations and independent ministries as an outreach to the unchurched or to the organization's supporters, frequently at no cost to the reader. Examples of denominational magazines include House to House Heart to Heart and The Australian Presbyterian magazine. Other Christian magazines are published commercially for a profit, and sold by subscription or by single copies through bookstores and other retailers. Examples include Christianity Today, InControl Christian Magazine and Charisma.
• Christian newspapers, a small segment of Christian media which typically communicates news to members of the denomination or group which publishes the paper. Such newspapers often published weekly, rarely more frequently and often less frequently (bi-weekly, monthly). Examples include the Southern Baptist Convention, whose various state conventions often publish weekly or bi-weekly newspapers, also Christian Examiner and The Christian Post. Sometimes individual congregations will publish newspapers; one example is Southeast Christian Church, a megachurch in Louisville, Kentucky which publishes a weekly newspaper distributed throughout the metro area. Independent publishers have also produced Christian newspapers, often aimed at a specific group such as Roman Catholics. For much the same reasons as commercial newspapers such as the high cost of production and distribution, some Christian newspapers are converting to online publishing.
• Christian video games are generally released by independent Christian developers, though sometimes a major company develops a game targeted at this audience. A major Christian game developer is Wisdom Tree.

References

1. ^ Linda Kintz; Julia Lesage (1998), Media, Culture, and the Religious Right, U of Minnesota Press, http://books.google.com/books?id=wplBErQ9wV4C   ISBN 0816630852, ISBN 9780816630851

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