Bibliotheken Online

Media, religion, and conflict

ed. by Lee Marsden ; Heater Savigny

Buch

englisch

Marsden, Lee (Ed.) DNB
Savigny, Heater (Ed.) DNB

Ashgate

Farnham [u.a.]

2009

XXIV, 168 p.

978-0-7546-7853-3

Includes bibliographical references and index

war
religion
islam
terrorism
international politics

The link between Islam and terror : exploring the British media coverage / Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore -- Is the BBC biased? : the corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war / Ivor Gaber and Lisa Thomas -- Islam as a threat? : analyzing conflict dynamics and the quality of public communication in the case of Switzerland / Patrik Ettinger and Linards Udris -- Muhammad on print : religion, free speech and newspaper competition / Henrik Bodker -- The AKP government in Turkey : politics, democracy, and the media / Jeffrey Haynesa? -- The political rhetoric of the Vatican : the aims and strategies of the Holy See as a transnational actor in the Middle East / John Bradley -- Populism in political speechmaking : strategies of representativeness and belonging / Michael Higgins -- Towards a theorisation of the link between media, religion, and conflict / Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny.
Summary:
International relations as a discipline has largely ignored the role of religion in shaping international events. The growth of Islamist militancy, the increasing influence of the Christian Right on US foreign policy and George Bush's war on terror changed this for good. Now more than ever we need to analyze this change and consider how religion and the way it is represented affects international politics. Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny uniquely bring together some of the leading figures in the fields of 'politics and media', 'international relations and security' and 'international relations and religion', including freelance journalist and newspaper columnist Nick Cohen, the international authority on politics and religion Professor Jeffrey Haynes, and Professor Justin Lewis who has a number of BBC commissions under his belt. The volume 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.

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