Social Media and Megachurches - Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Conference Papers Year : 2016

Social Media and Megachurches

Atish Sircar
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Jennifer Rowley
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Abstract

This paper contributes to the understanding of social media strategy by examining how, Hillsong, a megachurch, is using social media. Whilst there, is a growing body of research on megachurches, and on the use of social media by not-for-profit organisations, no prior studies have examined the use of social media in megachurches. The study uses a content analysis of Hillsong’s social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, to demonstrate the distributed model of social media presence adopted by Hillsong, and relates this to the various purposes for which Hillsong uses social media. Discussion and conclusions evaluate this approach to social media strategy.
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hal-01702221 , version 1 (06-02-2018)

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Atish Sircar, Jennifer Rowley. Social Media and Megachurches. 15th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E), Sep 2016, Swansea, United Kingdom. pp.695-700, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_62⟩. ⟨hal-01702221⟩
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