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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454988903321

Titolo

Media, religion, and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT ; ; Farnham, Surrey, : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-317-09868-4

1-317-09867-6

1-282-34450-1

9786612344503

0-7546-9681-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarsdenLee

SavignyHeather

Disciplina

070.4/493036

Soggetti

Terrorism - Press coverage

War - Press coverage

Islam - Press coverage

Religion and politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword: The New Left and the Old Far Right; Introduction: Media, Religion and Conflict; 1 'Islamic Terrorism' and the Repression of the Political; 2 Is the BBC Biased? The Corporation and the Coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War; 3 Islam as a Threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the Mass Media and Effects on the Political System; 4 Muslims in Print, or Media Events as Nodes of Cultural Conflict; 5 The AKP Government in Turkey: Politics, Democracy and the Media

6 The Political Rhetoric of the Vatican: Aims and Strategies of the Holy See as a Transnational Actor7 Populism and Security in Political Speechmaking: the 2008 US Presidential Campaign; 8 Towards a Theorisation of the Link Between Media, Religion and Conflict; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Responding to the current political climate of increased Islamist militancy, the growing influence of the Christian Right on US foreign policy and George Bush's war on terror, Media, Religion and Conflict offers a series of case studies reflecting on how the media covers religion as conflict within and between states. It challenges readers to critically examine how media reportage and commentary influences perceptions and responses to religion and security.