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Project Information

This project extended the work developed in the "Symbolism, Media, and the Lifecourse" research project, which explored how household media use and religious beliefs intersect. The project integrated household-based studies of religious meaning-making into larger contexts of social networks and formal and informal associations. The project also foregrounded emerging media practices involving computer-mediated communication such as the Internet and the World Wide Web. These new technologies are increasingly embedded in U.S. households and in U.S. family life, and as such, they intersect with the religious practices of the home and family.