Scott Thumma’s scientific contributions

The importance of the internet and new social media cannot be gainsaid, though as scholars our first inclination is to put it in context. What changes have come or will come because of new mass communication techniques that are heavily graphicsdriven? Will the ability to merge and display multiple media sources change the way we think about religious practice? About religious organizations? About religious history? What effect will social media and new forms of (digital) interpersonal relationships or online communities have on religion?