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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Published in:Review of religious research
Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2007
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2007, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-20
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Summary: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
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research