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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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