ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses how media reporting could impact a group's image and examines different strategies employed by new religions to respond to criticism. It examines that in Japan, exposs of new religious groups and the open ridicule of their leaders in online communities or forums as well as criticism of new religions in the printed press are not uncommon. The book also discusses the reappropriation of Aum Shinriky's anime films on video sharing websites, in particular looking at the period when the online presence of Aum's splinter group Hikari no Wa increased, around 2008. It focuses on videos on video sharing websites such as YouTube and Niko Niko Dga that parody the anime videos or songs that Aum Shinriky once produced and distributed among members and used for proselytism.
