Pa. Soukup et al., The influence of information technologies on theology (Reflections on internet communication and religious expression), THEOL STUD, 62(2), 2001, pp. 366-377
Information systems affect theology in many ways. The Internet makes texts
easily searchable and linked - but without any internal guideposts. Anyone
can put up a theological Web page, appropriating the name "Catholic" withou
t any official sanction. The media audience is not passive; it draws conclu
sions quite different from those who create the messages. Logical patterns
of analysis have given way to image, word, sound, and movement. E-mail, cha
t rooms, videoconferencing, Web sites now merely replace regular mail and t
ypewriters; they can develop into something quiet different.