Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g
When Journalists Don't Get Religion
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-537436-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Today understanding of religion is essential to understanding many major news stories. This book examines how the media frequently miss or misunderstand these stories because they do not take religion seriously, and how they misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. To the extent that journalists do not grasp events' religious dimensions, both global and local, the authors argue, they are hindered from, and sometimes incapable of, describing what is happening. However, on the national level the press is one of the most secular institutions in American society - not necessarily contemptuous of serious religion, just uncomprehending. The essays in this book examine nine specific news stories that were inadequately or incorrectly reported by major news sources because their religious dimension was ignored, overlooked, or misrepresented. These stories range from the 2004 U.S. presidential elections, to Iran, Iraq, and the papal succession. In each case the author demonstrates how the story might have been more effectively reported and concludes with specific suggestions for journalist. The authors include both scholars and experienced news analysts. Although it will be of particular interest to people of faith, the book offers all readers an interesting and balanced analysis of the news media's uneasy relationship with religion and religious issues.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
Weitere Infos & Material
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword - Michael Gerson
- Part I: Background
- Introduction - Paul Marshall
- 1: God is Winning: Religion in Global Politics - Timothy Samuel Shah and Monica Duffy Toft
- Part II: Case Studies
- 2: Religion and Terrorism: Misreading Bin Laden - Paul Marshall
- 3: Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraq - Michael Rubin
- 4: Religion and International Human Rights - Allen D. Hertzke
- 5: Misunderestimating Religion in the 2004 Presidential Campaign - C. Danielle Vinson and James L. Guth
- 6: The Media and the Popes - Amy Welborn
- 7: Mel Gibsons Christ: The Passion of the Press - Jeremy Lott
- Part III: Getting It Right
- 8: Getting Religion in the Newsroom - Terry Mattingly
- 9: Principles for Getting It Right - Roberta Green Ahmanson
- Afterword - John DiIulio
