Lessons from the Megachurch: Understanding Journalism's Turn to Membership

A number of journalism stakeholders have begun advocating for news organizations to adopt membership models as a means to solving the industry's audience trust and revenue problems. This small but growing group distinguishes "membership" from more traditional subscription models by em...

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Published in:Journal of media and religion
Authors: Ferrucci, Patrick (Author) ; Nelson, Jacob L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
In: Journal of media and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 61-73
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Big church / Membership / Press / Subscription business model
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KDG Free church
ZB Sociology
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