eprintid: 5825
rev_number: 22
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/58/25
datestamp: 2005-09-23 10:17:08
lastmod: 2016-01-14 11:47:32
status_changed: 2005-09-23 11:45:57
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Larsson, Göran
title: The Death of a Virtual Muslim Discussion Group : Issues and Methods in Analysing Religion on the Internet
ispublished: pub
subjects: 290
divisions: 72050
keywords: Religion , InternetReligion , Internet
cterms_swd: Religion
cterms_swd: Internet
abstract: In his article, Göran Larsson discusses and tests the way an Islamic online discussion group could be analyzed. The contribution deals both with theoretical and methodological questions. All the suggested approaches are tested against data taken from the Swedish Muslim discussion group, Sveriges Förenade CyberMuslimer (SFCM), which was the largest Muslim discussion group in Swedish at the time of writing. Larsson argues that it is necessary to develop fresh approaches and combine online research with traditional fieldwork (in particular interviews) in order to be able to use data taken from the Internet. Larsson also demonstrates that analyzing a Swedish Muslim discussion group requires recognition of the significant exchange with the global Muslim community in different languages and on many ”global” topics.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2005
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00005825
portal_cluster_id: p-relinternet
portal_order: 01.1
ppn_swb: 1644180448
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-58250
language: eng
bibsort: LARSSONGORTHEDEATHOF2005
full_text_status: public
publication: Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Volume 01.1 Special Issue on Theory and Methodology
editors_name: Krüger, Oliver
citation:   Larsson, Göran  (2005) The Death of a Virtual Muslim Discussion Group : Issues and Methods in Analysing Religion on the Internet.  Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Volume 01.1 Special Issue on Theory and Methodology.       
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/5825/1/Larsson3a.pdf