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Media Portrayals of Religion and the Secular Sacred - Representation and Change (Paperback, New Ed)
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Media Portrayals of Religion and the Secular Sacred - Representation and Change (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
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Is it true that Christianity is being marginalised by the secular
media, at the expense of Islam? Are the mass media Islamophobic? Is
atheism on the rise in media coverage? Media Portrayals of Religion
and the Secular Sacred explores such questions and argues that
television and newspapers remain key sources of popular information
about religion. They are particularly significant at a time when
religious participation in Europe is declining yet the public
visibility and influence of religions seems to be increasing. Based
on analysis of mainstream media, the book is set in the context of
wider debates about the sociology of religion and media
representation. The authors draw on research conducted in the 1980s
and 2008-10 to examine British media coverage and representation of
religion and contemporary secular values, and to consider what has
changed in the last 25 years. Exploring the portrayal of
Christianity and public life, Islam and religious diversity,
atheism and secularism, and popular beliefs and practices, several
media events are also examined in detail: the Papal visit to the UK
in 2010 and the ban of the controversial Dutch MP, Geert Wilders,
in 2009. Religion is shown to be deeply embedded in the language
and images of the press and television, and present in all types of
coverage from news and documentaries to entertainment, sports
reporting and advertising. A final chapter engages with global
debates about religion and media.
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