May the force of the operating system be with you: Macintosh devotion as implicit religion.
A study was conducted to determine the devotion of Macintosh computer enthusiasts as a case of implicit religion. Data were drawn from a number of sources: 12 detailed interviews; letters to the editor from MacAddict magazine; and pro-Macintosh websites and magazines. Macintosh adoration was analy...
| Publicado en: | Sociology of Religion Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 243 - 263 |
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Oxford University Press / UK
Summer 2001
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