Star Wars of a Different Kind: Reflections on the Politics of the Religion and Television Research Project
Even before research commenced, the Religion and Television Research project was heralded as "the definitive" investigation of religious broadcasting. The project was initiated by an ad hoc committee representing a coalition of evangelical religious broadcasters and the "mainline"...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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Review of religious research
Year: 1987, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-110 |
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| Summary: | Even before research commenced, the Religion and Television Research project was heralded as "the definitive" investigation of religious broadcasting. The project was initiated by an ad hoc committee representing a coalition of evangelical religious broadcasters and the "mainline" church traditions. This paper examines the interorganizational tensions between the two groups and shows how this tension contributed to a study report that failed to measure up to the lofty expectations of advance publicity. It argues that the two major parties agreed to cooperate because each felt their position would be vindicated by research. In some measure their mutual, but conflicting goals were achieved, but at the price of serious compromise of the integrity of the project. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511720 |