The Power of the Religious Media: Religious Broadcast Use and the Role of Religious Organizations in Public Affairs

Using data from a national survey and path analytic techniques, an investigation was made of the relationship between the use of religious broadcasts and the view of the role that religious organizations should take in public affairs. The results of this analysis suggest that thinking that religious...

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Main Author: Gaddy, Gary D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1984
In: Review of religious research
Year: 1984, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 289-302
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Summary:Using data from a national survey and path analytic techniques, an investigation was made of the relationship between the use of religious broadcasts and the view of the role that religious organizations should take in public affairs. The results of this analysis suggest that thinking that religious organizations should be more active in public affairs leads, to a modest degree, to watching religious television and listening to religious radio. Use of these media however, does not appear to influence the view of how active religious organizations should be in public affairs.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3511363