Muslim surfers on the internet: Using the theory of planned behaviour to examine the factors influencing engagement in online religious activities

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-113

  Ho, Shirley S ^a,b   Lee, Waipeng ^b,d   Hameed, Shahiraa Sahul ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Tan Teck Guan Building   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Nanyang Technological University ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Internet; Internet perception; Internet self efficacy; Islam; Muslim; Religiosity; Religious activities; Singapore; Subjective norms; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949178932     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807085323     Document Type: Article

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