%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Media and Religion %D 2003 %T The Relationship Between Religiosity and Internet Use %A Greg G. Armfield & R. Lance Holbert %K Computer %K Contemporary Religious Community %K cyberspace %K internet %K Mass media %K network %K New Media and Society %K new media engagement %K New Technology and Society %K online communication %K Online community %K religion %K religion and internet %K Religion and the Internet %K religiosity %K religious engagement %K religious identity %K Religious Internet Communication %K Religious Internet Communities %K secularization theory %K Sociology of religion %K users’ participation %K uses and gratifications %K virtual community %K virtual public sphere %K “media research” %K “religion online” %K “religious media research” %X With the solidifying of the Internet as an influential form of mediated communication has come a surge of activity among media scholars looking into what leads individuals to use this emerging technology. This study focuses on religiosity as a potential predictor of Internet activity, and uses a combination of secularization theory and uses and gratifications theory as a foundation from which to posit a negative relation between these 2 variables. Religiosity is found to retain a significant negative relation with Internet use at the zero order, and remains a robust negative predictor of the criterion variable even after accounting for a host of demographic, contextual, and situational variables. Ramifications for these findings are discussed and an outline for future research building on our analyses is provided. %B Journal of Media and Religion %V 2 %G eng %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15328415JMR0203_01#.UikaxDasim5 %N 3 %& 129