The Internet highway and religious communities: Mapping and contesting spaces in religion-online

Information Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 291-302

  Cheong, Pauline Hope ^a   Poon, Jessie P H ^b   Huang, Shirlena ^c   Casas, Irene ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community; Geographic information system communication; Internet; New media; Public participation; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952849690     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240903212466     Document Type: Article

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