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Diaspora on the Electronic Frontier: Developing Virtual Connections with Sacred Homelands
2007
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
This study demonstrates how diaspora religious traditions utilized the Internet to develop significant network connections among each other and also to their place of origins. By examining the early Usenet system, I argue that the religious beliefs and practices of diaspora religious traditions were a motivating factor for developing Usenet groups where geographically dispersed individuals could connect with each other in safe, supportive, and religiously tolerant environments. This article
doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00358.x
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