The research of the social dissemination of Daoism uses the methods of sociology, the science of communication to analyze the relationship between Daoism and other social elements in the process of Daoist dissemination.

• 道教的社会传播研究是运用社会学、传播学的方法来分析研究道教在其传播、发展过程中与社会各要素之间所发生的关系。