Muslims and the news media
London:
Tauris
(2006), xv, 257 pp., figures, tables, bibliogr. p.218-232, index
ISBN 978-1-84511-171-7 (hbk); 978-0-85771-496-1 (ebook); 978-1-84511-172-4 (pbk)
"Written by both leading academic authorities and by Muslim media practitioners, 'Muslims and the Media' is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international contexts. The book clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and audiences thus reflecting the entire cycle of the communication process and revealing the ways in which meaning is produced and reproduced in the news media. Looking closely at the circumstances and politics surrounding the representation of Muslims across a wide range of journalistic genres, at the presence and influence of Muslims in the processes of news production, and the ways in which audiences, both Muslim and non-Muslim, consume this media, the book brings together coherently a wide range of perspectives to provide crucial insights into the representation - and misrepresentation - of Islam and Muslims today." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Poole and John E. Richardson, 1
I. CONTEXT, POLITICS AND PRODUCTION
1 New Labour, Multiculturalism and the Media in Britain / Siobhan Holohan, 13
2 Anti-Arab Prejudice in the UK: the 'Kilroy-Silk Affair' and the BBC Response / Fred Halliday, 24
3 Racial Profiling and the War on Terror / Liz Fekete, 35
4 Propaganda and the 'Terror Threat' in the UK / David Miller, 45
5 Still no Redress from the PCC / Julian Petley, 53
6 Mixed Communities: Mixed Newsrooms / Peter Cole, 63
7 Islamic Features in British and French Muslim Media / Isabelle Rigoni, 74
II. MEDIA OUTPUT
8 The Effects of September 11 and the War in Iraq on British Newspaper Coverage / Elizabeth Poole, 89
9 Who Gets to Speak? A Study of Sources in the Broadsheet Press / John E. Richardson, 103
10 American Media's Coverage of Muslims: the Historical Roots of Contemporary Portrayals / Karim H. Karim, 116
11 Australians Imagining Islam / Peter Manning, 128
12 Joined Forces: the IDF and the Israeli Press Reporting of the Intifada / Alina Korn, 142
13 Towards an Islamic Information Revolution / Gary R. Bunt, 153
III. AUDIENCE PRACTICES
14 The Media Consumption of Young British Muslims / Sameera Ahmed, 167
15 Arab Public Opinion in the Age of Satellite Television: the Case of al-Jazeera / Mohammed Zayani, 176
16 Framing the Other: Worldview, Rhetoric and Media Dissonance since 9/11 / Lawrence Pintak, 188
17 Bad News and Public Debate about the Israel-Palestine Conflict / Greg Philo and Mike Berry, 199
I. CONTEXT, POLITICS AND PRODUCTION
1 New Labour, Multiculturalism and the Media in Britain / Siobhan Holohan, 13
2 Anti-Arab Prejudice in the UK: the 'Kilroy-Silk Affair' and the BBC Response / Fred Halliday, 24
3 Racial Profiling and the War on Terror / Liz Fekete, 35
4 Propaganda and the 'Terror Threat' in the UK / David Miller, 45
5 Still no Redress from the PCC / Julian Petley, 53
6 Mixed Communities: Mixed Newsrooms / Peter Cole, 63
7 Islamic Features in British and French Muslim Media / Isabelle Rigoni, 74
II. MEDIA OUTPUT
8 The Effects of September 11 and the War in Iraq on British Newspaper Coverage / Elizabeth Poole, 89
9 Who Gets to Speak? A Study of Sources in the Broadsheet Press / John E. Richardson, 103
10 American Media's Coverage of Muslims: the Historical Roots of Contemporary Portrayals / Karim H. Karim, 116
11 Australians Imagining Islam / Peter Manning, 128
12 Joined Forces: the IDF and the Israeli Press Reporting of the Intifada / Alina Korn, 142
13 Towards an Islamic Information Revolution / Gary R. Bunt, 153
III. AUDIENCE PRACTICES
14 The Media Consumption of Young British Muslims / Sameera Ahmed, 167
15 Arab Public Opinion in the Age of Satellite Television: the Case of al-Jazeera / Mohammed Zayani, 176
16 Framing the Other: Worldview, Rhetoric and Media Dissonance since 9/11 / Lawrence Pintak, 188
17 Bad News and Public Debate about the Israel-Palestine Conflict / Greg Philo and Mike Berry, 199
