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The Handbook on Religion and Communication
Top Insights
Newark: Wiley Blackwell (2023), 571 pp.
"Divided into five parts, the Handbook opens with a state-of-the-art overview of the subject’s intellectual landscape, introducing the historical background, theoretical foundations, and major academic approaches to communication, media, and religion. Subsequent sections focus on institutional and
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The Global Faith and Media Study: A Groundbreaking Study of Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Faith and Religion in the Media
Quick Overview
"There is a growing gap between the coverage of religion and the needs of the faithful–global desire for better coverage, understanding and representation of faith in media. 53% of respondents [of the online survey among 9,489 adults in 18 countries across six continents] say the media actively ig
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 441 pp.
"The handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: Theoretical Reflections, Power and Authority Conflict, Radicalization and Populism, Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Trends. Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, i
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Religious Messages in the Media: Mission Impossible?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2021), x, 249 pp.
"Can religious messages be transmitted through the media? If so, how and why? Taking these questions as its starting point, and focusing on the relationship between media and religion, this book presents an analysis of the relationship between religion and the media. It explores the inherent qualiti
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Noticias, y algo más, sobre la Iglesia
Madrid: Ediciones Palabra (2021), 158 pp.
"No pocas veces nos hemos preguntado, ante la avalancha de informaciones y opiniones sobre la vida de la Iglesia y sobre el pontificado del Papa Francisco, si los enfoques de las noticias son adecuados y sin sesgos, si la atribución de las declaraciones se ha hecho correctamente, o si la informaci
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Moving Mountains: The Challenges of Religious Representation in Malaysia
Projek Dialog; Internews (2021), 25 pp.
"[...] Faith communities in Malaysia seem to constantly find ways to reach out to each other and to Malaysians who may not necessarily share their backgrounds. This already contradicts the assumption that local religions are often intolerant towards each other. Rather, what is required is a platform
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Blessed be the Educated Journalist: Reflections on a Religious Literacy Gap in the Field of Journalism
Australian Journalism Review, volume 43, issue 1 (2021), pp. 81-97
"Religion has ‘returned’ to news discourses, since 9/11, with a focus on Muslims and Islam and more recently on Catholicism (in the wake of paedophile priest scandals) and anti-Semitism (with the rise of the far-right movements). These news discourses, however, tend to adopt limited perspectives
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"A central theme running through this report is the basic and fundamental conviction that journalists and programme-makers should aim to explore the “lived experience” of religion as well as its doctrinal, ritual and ceremonial elements. This view was supported across the full body of our submis
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An Introduction to Religious Pluralism in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Internews (2019), 39 pp.
"While the first chapter looks at the existing constitutional and legal provisions for the exercise of freedom of religion and religious plurality, the other four chapters reflect upon some of the key sites of religious interface and syncretism that promote inter-religious understanding and pluralit
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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
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New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp.
"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-
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Reporting Islam: International Best Practice for Journalists
London: Routledge (2018), viii, 152 pp.
"Reporting Islam argues for innovative approaches to media coverage of Muslims and their faith. The book examines the ethical dilemmas faced by Western journalists when reporting on this topic and offers a range of alternative journalistic techniques that will help news media practitioners move away
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Reporting on Religion: A Primer on Journalism's Best Beat
Columbia, MO: Religion News Association (rna), 2nd ed. (2016), 67 pp.
"Religion is interesting and important, but media organizations should also cover religion because it’s a good business move. We now have better data than ever regarding what audiences want and need, but listener/ reader/viewer surveys on religion coverage are relatively scarce. There is a persuas
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Reporting on Interreligious and Interethnic Tensions: The Meaning Behind the Headlines, 2013
Skopje: School of Journalism and Public Relations; Institute for Communication Studies (2013), 161 pp.
"The quantitative content analysis identified the amount and the patterns of media reporting on delicate interethnic and interfaith issues, focusing on respect of different aspects of professional and ethical standards. The method of Critical Discourse Analysis is applied for the qualitative analysi
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Mass Media Coverage of Religious Topics: Understanding Topoi in Religious and Media Arguments
In: Christian Churches in Post-Communist Slovakia: Current Challenges and Opportunities
Salern: Center for Religion and Society, Roanoke College (2012), pp. 457-484
"This study presents the results of research into the media's capacity to carry religious messages. It is based on a qualitative content analysis of original texts inspired by religious motives in Slovak Catholic and secular press. The main focus is the messages as such, related topoi (bases for arg
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"This study brings journalists back to the centre of inquiry about the media’s role in covering ethnicity and religion. It asks: What professional norms guide editors and journalists when reporting on ethnicity and religion? What news gathering tools are most commonly used? What are the institutio
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Religionen im Fernsehen: Analysen und Perspektiven
Konstanz: UVK (2011), 216 pp.
"Religiöse Symbole und Rituale sind im Fernsehen allgegenwärtig, intensive Auseinandersetzung mit Spiritualität oder Werten der Religionsgemeinschaften eher selten. Dies ist ein zentrales Ergebnis des Forschungsprojekts »Religion im Fernsehen«, das die Thematisierungs- und Darstellungsmuster di
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Reporting on Religious Authority Complicit with Atrocity
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 774-784
"The Religion Stylebook is an easy-to-use, authoritative guide created for journalists who report on religion in the mainstream media. This is a service of Religion Newswriters Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Religion Newswriters Association. RNA is the only global association for professional jour
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Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2009), xv, 220 pp.
"This book analyzes media coverage of major news stories in which religion is a major component and recounts how journalist often miss, or misunderstand, these stories because they do not take religion seriously, or misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. Since religion is a major and
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Reporting on Religion 2: A Stylebook on Journalism's Best Beat
Westerville: Religion Newswriters (2007), 132 pp.
