Médias 2.0 et Églises chrétiennes au Burkina Faso

Évangélisation numérique et contrôle du message

Abstract

The gradual diffusion of Internet in Burkina Faso recently prompted an sharp increase in the use of social media, especially Facebook, by Catholic and Evangelical Churches. That use is however strictly controlled by a limited number of gatekeepers. The Burkinabè social media scene appears thus very uniform. Urban Evangelical and Charismatic Churches generally make the most active use of the potentialities of social media by diffusing content aimed at gaining new converts or strengthening the virtual faith community. Church hierarchies for their part mostly use social media as an offshoot of their regular communication strategy without much innovation. Social media also favours the connexion of Burkinabè Christians to global religious networks, especially a few Evangelical pastors who are well embedded in transnational Francophone networks.

Keywords: Burkina Faso, medias, Catholicism, Pentecostalism.