Reporting Islam : media representation and British Muslims / Elizabeth Poole.
Publisher: London : I. B. Tauris, 2002Description: xi, 298 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cm001: 42872ISBN: 9781860646874 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Islam in mass media | Islam -- Great Britain -- Public opinion | Public opinion -- Great Britain | Muslims -- Great Britain | Media StudiesDDC classification: 302.23 POO LOC classification: P96.I84 | P66 2002Summary: Reporting Islam looks at the ways in which Muslims are represented in the British news media. It examines claims that Muslims are demonised in the press and comes to some illuminating conclusions.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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It is a widely held view that, since the end of the Cold War, attention has focused on Islam as a central force of disruption within a New World Order. Nothing has heightened this more than the assault on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the reporting of these events. Reporting Islam is a timely contribution to this debate which looks at the ways in which Muslims are represented in the British news media. Elizabeth Poole examines the claim that Muslims are universally demonized in the British press and comes to some illuminating conclusions. Reporting Islam is of great value to students of media, cultural studies, Islamic studies and politics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.
Reporting Islam looks at the ways in which Muslims are represented in the British news media. It examines claims that Muslims are demonised in the press and comes to some illuminating conclusions.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of tables (p. vii)
- List of figures (p. ix)
- Acronyms and abbreviations (p. x)
- Acknowledgements (p. xi)
- Preface: After 11 September 2001 (p. 1)
- Context (p. 1)
- Observations (p. 3)
- Findings (p. 4)
- Conclusion (p. 13)
- Introduction (p. 17)
- Islam in Britain (p. 19)
- Conceptual approach (p. 23)
- Methods and structure (p. 24)
- 1. Representing Islam: in theory and practice (p. 28)
- Representing the Other: Orientalism (p. 28)
- Development of the Islamic Other: historical context (p. 32)
- Representation of Islam: Islam the media villain (p. 41)
- Representation of ethnic minorities (p. 48)
- Representing religion (p. 51)
- The manufacture of news (p. 52)
- 2. Framing Islam: a quantitative analysis (p. 55)
- Introduction (p. 55)
- Global to local (p. 57)
- Domestic news (p. 61)
- Conclusion (p. 99)
- 3. British Islam: a discursive construction (p. 101)
- Introduction (p. 101)
- Quantitative context (p. 104)
- Qualitative analysis (p. 109)
- Relationships (p. 109)
- Education (p. 116)
- Rushdie, blasphemy and religious discrimination (p. 128)
- Islamic fundamentalism in the UK (p. 140)
- Crime and politics: the case of Mohammed Sarwar (p. 154)
- Sources (p. 175)
- Nationality/ethnicity (p. 178)
- Coverage in the Sun (p. 181)
- Conclusion (p. 185)
- 4. Interpreting Islam (p. 188)
- Approach (p. 188)
- Perceptions of Islam: prevalent discourse (p. 197)
- Readings (p. 199)
- Cultural proximity (p. 219)
- Religion, ethnicity, language groupings (p. 223)
- Attitude to religion/other religions (p. 223)
- Familiarity with media coverage (p. 226)
- Media bias (p. 229)
- Media literacy (p. 232)
- Interpretive strategies (p. 233)
- Media usage and cultures of understanding (p. 236)
- Conclusion (p. 240)
- Conclusion (p. 247)
- Appendix A Topical clusters: themes and meanings of British Islam (p. 260)
- Appendix B Glossary of terms used in discourse analysis (p. 261)
- Appendix C Tabulated demographic details (audience) (p. 263)
- Appendix D Significant topics in 1999 (p. 267)
- Notes (p. 268)
- References (p. 281)
- Index (p. 293)
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