Internet use among religious followers: Religious postmodernism in Japanese Buddhism

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 977-998

  Fukamizu, Rev Kenshin ^a,b  

^a KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDDHISMS; INTERNET USE; RELIGIOUS GROUPS; SOCIAL CHANGES; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; TOPDOWN;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 34250022879     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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