Contemporary religious community and the online church

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1118-1135

  Hutchings, Tim ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

communication studies; domestication of ICTs; organizational studies; religion; social networking; web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859133629     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.591410     Document Type: Article

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