PUBLIC RELIGION AND THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDIA ON PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP AND RELIGION

Every period of the same age of religion as humanity has played a decisive role in human and social life. In the past, the religious phenomenon that shaped the lives of the people of the past has begun to be affected in human life and a structure called pious religion has emerged. The emerging popular religiosity; to an unofficial structure through the inclusion of different elements according to the understanding of the religious people. Popular religiosity is influenced by many factors, including the traditions and customs, the inclusion of new accepted religious old habits, the misrepresentation of people s religious rules / cases, and the misapplication of life under the name of religion. The widespread use of technological elements in the changing and developing times and their use for mass communication has resulted in the fact that the so-called popular religion soon reached larger masses and became more common. In this widespread misinformation given through the religious programs offered in the media organs is also a great influence.