Expanding the Use of the Internet in Religious Research

This article illustrates and discusses the merits of four Internet-based methods of research on religion: online questionnaires, recommender systems, website link analysis, and social geography based on variables culled from Internet. These methods are solidly rooted in traditional social-science qu...

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1. VerfasserIn: Bainbridge, William Sims (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer 2007
In: Review of religious research
Jahr: 2007, Band: 49, Heft: 1, Seiten: 7-20
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Zusammenfassung:This article illustrates and discusses the merits of four Internet-based methods of research on religion: online questionnaires, recommender systems, website link analysis, and social geography based on variables culled from Internet. These methods are solidly rooted in traditional social-science quantitative methodologies, but they offer new opportunities, notably the ability to chart the contours and dimensions of religious cultures and subcultures in the modern world.
ISSN:2211-4866
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of religious research