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Media, Religion, and Conflict

Farnham et al.: Ashgate (2009), xxiv, 168 pp.

Contains index

ISBN 978-0-7546-7853-3

Introduction: Media, Religion and Conflict / Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny, 1
1 ‘Islamic Terrorism’ and the Repression of the Political / Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore, 17
2 Is the BBC Biased? The Corporation and the Coverage of the 2006 Israeli–Hezbollah War / Ivor Gaber and Lisa Thomas, 39
3 Islam as a Threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the Mass Media and Effects on the Political System / Patrik Ettinger and Linards Udris, 59
4 Muslims in Print, or Media Events as Nodes of Cultural Conflict / Henrik Bødker, 81
5 The AKP Government in Turkey: Politics, Democracy and the Media / Jeffrey Haynes, 95
6 The Political Rhetoric of the Vatican: Aims and Strategies of the Holy See as a Transnational Actor / John Bradley, 115
7 Populism and Security in Political Speechmaking: the 2008 US Presidential Campaign / Michael Higgins, 129
8 Towards a Theorisation of the Link Between Media, Religion and Conflict / Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny, 145