Media, Religion and Conflict

Media, Religion and Conflict

Savigny, Heather; Marsden, Dr. Lee; Marsden, Dr. Lee

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2009

194

Dura

Inglês

9780754678533

15 a 20 dias

International relations as a discipline has largely ignored the role of religion in shaping international events. This volume reflects on how the media covers religion as conflict within and between states. It challenges readers to examine how media reportage and commentary influences perceptions and responses to religion and security.
Contents: Foreword: the new Left and the old Far Right, Nick Cohen; Introduction: media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny; 'Islamic terrorism' and the repression of the political, Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore; Is the BBC biased? The Corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, Ivor Gabor and Lisa Thomas; Islam as a threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the mass media and effects on the political system Patrik Ettinger and Linards Udris; Muslims in print, or media events as nodes of cultural conflict, Henrik BA,dker; The AKP government in Turkey: politics, democracy and the media, Jeffrey Haynes; The political rhetoric of the Vatican: aims and strategies of the Holy See as a transnational actor, John Bradley; Populism and security in political speechmaking: the 2008 US Presidential campaign, Michael Higgins; Towards a theorisation of the link between media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny; Index.
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