@article{1981:mitchell:the_electr, title = {The Electric Church}, year = {1981}, note = {The growth of religious broadcasting is one ofthe phenomena ofthe electronic age.Ofroughly 8,000 radio stations in the United States, 1,400 are religious. Ofthe 800or so television stations, 30 are religious. Revenues from this religious broadcasting are estimated at about US S 500 million a year. The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), who are predominantly rundamentalist Christians preaching a "Jesus saves" doctrine, estimate that their 900 members reach 129 million radio and television listeners and viewers in the United States. (...) }, journal = {Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)}, pages = {150--159}, author = {Mitchell, John}, volume = {14}, number = {2} }