Scope and Purposes of Church Web Sites Export

@article{citeulike:3388562, abstract = {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.}, author = {Sturgill, Amanda}, citeulike-article-id = {3388562}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328415jmr0303_3}, doi = {10.1207/s15328415jmr0303_3}, journal = {Journal of Media and Religion}, keywords = {church, church-goals, web, web-design, websites}, number = {3}, pages = {165--176}, posted-at = {2008-10-09 00:51:10}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Scope and Purposes of Church Web Sites}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328415jmr0303_3}, volume = {3}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3388562 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3388562 N2 - 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. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Media and Religion EP - 176 TI - Scope and Purposes of Church Web Sites PB - Routledge VL - 3 SP - 165 KW - church KW - church-goals KW - web KW - web-design KW - websites AU - Sturgill, Amanda PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328415jmr0303_3 ER -