Links to Information on
the Internet/Web and Religion
Center for the Digital Future http://www.digitalcenter.org The UCLA Internet project has joined the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in the newly created Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg. The Center for the Digital Future, will continue its wide-ranging programs and projects that explore the leading issues in media and communications, including the World Internet Project and other programs that examine the broad impact of online technology in America and around the globe.
An Archive of all their Internet studies is available at http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/site_content.asp?intGlobalId=22
ASA Section on Sociology and Computers
A lecture on Religion and the Internet
Given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this lecture invited Dr. Thumma along with Rev. Charles Henderson and Elena Larsen to discuss how people are using the Internet for religious purposes. You may also wish to visit the MIT website for a summary, transcript of the discussion, and an audio link to the lecture.
High-Tech Christianity
Institute for Theology Technology and Culture
Pew Internet & American Life Project Reports:
Religion Research Online
Wabash Center Internet Guide
General links to research on the Internet
Report on Webmaster Survey
Students from Hartford’s Seminary Fall 2000 course on Religion and the Internet surveyed webmasters from 63 U.S. congregational web sites. These sites represented Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, and both conservative and liberal Protestantism congregations. Although the sample was small, there are many interesting findings from this glimpse into the process of creating and maintaining a congregational web site.
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