Scope and Purposes of Church Web Sites
Although the availability of Web sites created by congregations has been the subject of some coverage in the popular media, little work has been done in academia about the structure, scope, and intended uses of Web sites by churches. Evangelical Christian churches are interesting because they have a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2004]
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Journal of media and religion
Year: 2004, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 165-176 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Although the availability of Web sites created by congregations has been the subject of some coverage in the popular media, little work has been done in academia about the structure, scope, and intended uses of Web sites by churches. Evangelical Christian churches are interesting because they have an ideological interest as well as organizational interests. This study presents a descriptive first step. We content analyzed church Web sites looking at both included content and presentation modes to see if the sites focus on evangelistic goals, organizational goals, or a combination of the two. Implications of this work for churches are presented and implications for site design for other types of organizations are considered. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15328415jmr0303_3 |