Who's got the power? Religious authority and the Internet

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1043-1062

  Campbell, Heidi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANS; CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITIES; DIFFERENT LAYERS; HIERARCHY STRUCTURE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; POWER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 34250027577     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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