A General Framework For Determining the Temporal and Evolutionary Dynamics of Religion-Based Website Popularity on the Internet
A General Framework For Determining the Temporal and Evolutionary Dynamics of Religion-Based Website Popularity on the Internet作者机构：Department of SociologyNew Mexico State University Las Cruces NM USA Energy Research Laboratory New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM USA
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Statistics》 (统计学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第4期
页 面：424-428页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Communities Drift Evolution Fringe Religion Internet Mainstream Religion Powerlaw Selection Website
摘 要：Religion-based websites are fast becoming a major pipeline for disseminating religious information to broad populations of individuals in the United *** mainstream religions and fringe religions are easily accessible to a large population of internet users. The purpose of this review is to develop and examine a general framework that uses simple mathematical and statistical models to interpret and measure temporal ‘snap shots’ in the popularity of religious websites. We extend this framework to include an evolutionary model that has the potential to predict long-term shifts or changes in the popularity of religious websites over time. Ultimately, the goal of this review is to introduce a new modeling framework for research into how the internet is changing the accessibility and views of populations of individuals who follow various religions on the internet and how this may in-turn affect the distribution of religion in the ‘real world’.
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