A multimedia focus of the ORF main department “Religion and Ethics” from June 15th on ORF 2, Ö1, on religion.ORF.at, on.ORF.at and in the ORF-ON app
Vienna (OTS) – From Saturday, June 15, 2024, ORF will present the first tendencies of the study “What does Austria believe?” about the beliefs and values of people in Austria. The representative study from the University of Vienna is part of the multimedia cooperation project between the research center “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society” and the ORF main department “Religion and Ethics Multimedia”.
How the beliefs and values of people living in Austria change in the face of individualization, digitalization and pluralization is the focus of the project “What does Austria believe?”, in which the ORF main department “Religion and Ethics in Multimedia” works with the University of Vienna cooperates. For the representative study “What does Austria believe?” by the University of Vienna, a total of 2,160 people were surveyed from April to May 2024 about individual concepts of meaning, belief and religion.
The first trends are now available: In addition to the pluralization that has been progressing for years, the data shows that although the “traditional Catholic superstructure is breaking away” in Austria, at the same time religiosity as a reference to transcendence is by no means disappearing. Initial tendencies indicate that religiosity is increasingly made up of fragmented individual pieces that do not reveal a comprehensible, coherent overall concept, but often stand side by side in a diffuse and sometimes contradictory manner. This clearly shows a change in the function of religion as well as increasing individualization and new combinations of previously different self-images:
Being non-religious does not exclude one from still seeing oneself as a spiritual person.
In discussions with those responsible for the studies, the ORF main department “Religion and Ethics in Multimedia” addresses the background of these developments in new and established formats on TV, radio and online and asks about the consequences for living together. https://religion.ORF.at On Saturday, June 15th, in conversation with project employee Patrick Rohs, we will examine, among other things, the question of how faith and belonging change and what role magical ideas and belief in fate play for people in Austria. The two scientific study leaders Regina Polak and Astrid Mattes-Zippenfenig will analyze on Sunday, June 16th, at 12:30 p.m. on ORF 2 in the studio of the TV religion magazine “Orientation” and on Wednesday, June 19th, from 4:05 p.m. on Ö1 -Religious magazine “In Focus” the trends.
In addition to the numerous program offerings that focus on the diverse beliefs and values of people in Austria, the newly developed TV format “What does Austria believe?” Rituals” takes a look at the meaning of rituals in a plural society and accompanies people of different worldviews in the nine federal states of Austria on Saturdays and Sundays from 4:53 p.m. on ORF 2 from June 15th in rituals that give them support and support at existential stages in their lives Give strength.
From June 15th, the newly launched platform on.orf.at and the ORF-ON app will also focus on “What does Austria believe?”
“What does Austria believe?” is a cooperation project between the ORF main department “Religion and Ethics in Multimedia” under the direction of Barbara Krenn and the ORF market and media research under the direction of Eva Sassmann with the research center “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society” at the University of Vienna under the scientific direction of Regina Polak and Astrid Mattes-Zippenfenig. Scientific research is funded by the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria.
All information about “What does Austria believe?” is below
https://religion.ORF.at/wasglaubtoesterreich/ to find.