@article {1294,
	title = {Mapping the Landscape of Digital Petitionary Prayer as Spiritual/Social Support in Mobile, Facebook, and E-mail},
	journal = { Journal of Media and Religion},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2013},
	chapter = {1},
	abstract = {Traditional prayers can function to provide spiritual and social support for oneself and others. With social media, this support finds a new expression in digital prayers. We map the landscape of digital petitionary prayers for self and others across three different media. In survey one (n = 218), frequency of digital petitionary prayers, described by topic, relationship, place, and outcome, was highest for the mobile medium (phone and text messaging), midrange for Facebook (posting and e-mail), and lowest for traditional e-mail. A second survey (n = 116) revealed that different types and contexts for petitionary prayers are positively associated with love of self, others, and God. Suggestions for future research include investigating the quality and outcomes of petitionary prayers across private, face-to-face, and digital contexts.},
	keywords = {Digital, digital prayers, God, mobile, New Media, petitionary prayers, Self, Traditional prayers},
	doi = {10.1080/15348423.2013.760385},
	url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15348423.2013.760385$\#$.Ulmi51Csim5},
	author = {E. James Baeslera and Yi-Fan Chena}
}
@article {390,
	title = {Cultivating the Self in Cyberspace: The Use of Personal Blogs among Buddhist Priests},
	journal = {Journal of Media and Religion},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {97-114},
	abstract = {This research attempts to understand the Internet religious practices from the immanent perspective. Since previous research on this subject has been mainly transcendental, this study offers a challenging view using a different perspective. The exploration of cultivating the self in cyberspace revealed that the degree of self-cultivation varies contingent upon the given conditions and the technologies that the priests practice to interact with them. This research has a potential to further the exploration of the interaction of cyberspace and the inner self, expanding the boundary of the study beyond online religious practices. When cyberspace and the self are understood in the plane of consistency, the range of the study about the engagement of the self in the new media can be opened out. Understanding the notions of the process of territorializing intensities and technologies of the self, the engagement of the self in cyberspace can be more specifically developed.},
	keywords = {blogs, cyberspace, Self},
	url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15348420902881027$\#$preview},
	author = {Lee, J.}
}
