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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821255603321

Autore

Schultze Quentin J (Quentin James), <1952->

Titolo

Christianity and the mass media in America : toward a democratic accommodation / / Quentin J. Schultze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, MI : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-62895-186-9

0-87013-952-5

1-4294-8041-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (viii, 440 pages)

Collana

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Disciplina

261.5/2/0973

Soggetti

Mass media in religion - United States

Mass media - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-422) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conversing about faith and media in America -- Praising technology : evangelical populism embraces American futurism -- Leading the tribes out of exile : the religious press discerns broadcasting -- Converting to consumerism : evangelical radio embraces the market -- Searching for communion : the Christian metanarrative meets popular mythology -- Communing with civil sin : mainstream media purge evil -- Discerning professional journalism : reporters adopt fundamentalist discourse -- Praising democracy : embracing religion in a mass-mediated society.

Sommario/riassunto

The mass media and religious groups in America regularly argue about news bias, sex and violence on television, movie censorship, advertiser boycotts, broadcast and film content rating systems, government regulation of the media, the role of mass evangelism in a democracy, and many other issues. In the United States the major disputes between religion and the media usually have involved Christian churches or parachurch ministries, on the one hand, and the so-called secular media, on the other.