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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.
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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On Islam - Muslims and the Media (Paperback)
Hilary E. Kahn, Rosemary Pennington; Contributions by Arsalan Iftikhar, Peter Gottschalk, Zarqa Nawaz, …
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In the constant deluge of media coverage on Islam, Muslims are
often portrayed as terrorists, refugees, radicals, or victims,
depictions that erode human responses of concern, connection, or
even a willingness to learn about Muslims. On Islam helps break
this cycle with information and strategies to understand and report
the modern Muslim experience. Journalists, activists, bloggers, and
scholars offer insights into how Muslims are represented in the
media today and offer tips for those covering Islam in the future.
Interviews provide personal and often moving firsthand accounts of
people confronting the challenges of modern life while maintaining
their Muslim faith, and brief overviews provide a crash course on
Muslim beliefs and practices. A concise and frank discussion of the
Muslim experience, On Islam provides facts and perspective at a
time when truth in journalism is more vital than ever.
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On Islam - Muslims and the Media (Hardcover)
Hilary E. Kahn, Rosemary Pennington; Contributions by Arsalan Iftikhar, Peter Gottschalk, Zarqa Nawaz, …
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In the constant deluge of media coverage on Islam, Muslims are
often portrayed as terrorists, refugees, radicals, or victims,
depictions that erode human responses of concern, connection, or
even a willingness to learn about Muslims. On Islam helps break
this cycle with information and strategies to understand and report
the modern Muslim experience. Journalists, activists, bloggers, and
scholars offer insights into how Muslims are represented in the
media today and offer tips for those covering Islam in the future.
Interviews provide personal and often moving firsthand accounts of
people confronting the challenges of modern life while maintaining
their Muslim faith, and brief overviews provide a crash course on
Muslim beliefs and practices. A concise and frank discussion of the
Muslim experience, On Islam provides facts and perspective at a
time when truth in journalism is more vital than ever.
This is a new release of the original 1961 edition.
Muslims have featured in many of the more significant news stories
of the past few years - yet shockingly very few of these stories
have been about anything other than the 'war on terror'. This
urgently relevant book examines the role and representations of
Muslims in the news media, particularly within a climate of threat,
fear and misunderstanding. Written by both academic authorities and
media practitioners, "Muslims and the News Media" is designed as a
comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British
and international context. Bringing together a range of insightful
perspectives on the subject into a coherent whole, the book clearly
establishes the links between context, content, production and
audiences, thus reflecting the entire cycle of the communication
process. It reveals both the ways in which meaning is produced and
reproduced in the news media, and the ways in which audiences
themselves, both Muslim and non-Muslim, use or consume this media.
Significant too and discussed here is the role of Muslims
themselves in the processes of news production. Clarifying the
circumstances and politics surrounding the representation of
Muslims across a range of journalistic genres, "Muslims and the
News Media" provides crucial insights into the representation - and
misrepresentation - of Islam and Muslims today.
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It is a widely held view that, since the end of the Cold War,
attention has focused on Islam as a central force of disruption
within a New World Order. Nothing has heightened this more than the
assault on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the reporting
of these events. Reporting Islam is a timely contribution to this
debate which looks at the ways in which Muslims are represented in
the British news media. Elizabeth Poole examines the claim that
Muslims are universally demonized in the British press and comes to
some illuminating conclusions. Reporting Islam is of great value to
students of media, cultural studies, Islamic studies and politics.
It is a widely held view that, since the end of the Cold War,
attention has focused on Islam as a central force of disruption
within a New World Order. Nothing has heightened this more than the
assault on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the reporting
of these events. Reporting Islam is a timely contribution to this
debate which looks at the ways in which Muslims are represented in
the British news media. Elizabeth Poole examines the claim that
Muslims are universally demonized in the British press and comes to
some illuminating conclusions. Reporting Islam is of great value to
students of media, cultural studies, Islamic studies and politics.
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