In Religion and the News journalists and religious leaders reflect on their interactions with one another and their experiences of creating news. Through a series of original contributions, leading practitioners shed light on how religious stories emerge into the public domain. Experienced journalists and religious representatives from different faith traditions critically consider their role in a rapidly evolving communicative environment. Aimed at journalists, faith representatives, religious leaders, academics and students this book offers a timely exploration of the current state of religious news coverage and makes an original contribution to the emerging media, religion and culture literature, as well as to media and communication studies. Religion and the News presents insights from leading journalists and religious leaders, many well-known figures, writing openly about their experiences. Contributors include: Jolyon Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues Edinburgh University; Christopher Landau, Religious Affairs Correspondent, BBC World Service; Andrew Brown, The Guardian; Professor Lord Harries of Pentregarth, former Bishop of Oxford; Dr Indarjit Singh, Director of the Network of Sikh Organisations; Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, Director, Jewish Information and Media Service; Imam Monawar Hussain, Muslim Tutor, Eton College; Charlie Beckett, Director, Polis; Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent, The Times; Catherine Pepinster, Editor, The Tablet; Riazat Butt, Religious Affairs Correspondent, The Guardian; Professor the Worshipful Mark Hill QC, Barrister and Fellow, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University.
Author(s): Owen Gower, Jolyon Mitchell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Routledge
Year: 2012
Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
SECTION 1: Understanding Religion and
the News
1 Religion and the News: Stories, Contexts, Journalists and Audiences
2 Religion in the British Media Today
3 Religion, News and Social Context: Evidence from Newspapers
4 A Relationship Worth Getting Right
SECTION 2: Covering Religion
5 What the Media thinks about Religion:
A Broadcast Perspective
6 Mirrors to the World
7 Networked Religion
8 Religion and the Specialist Press
9 Cumberland Blues
SECTION 3: Representing Religion and the News
10 Islam and the News
11 Speaking on behalf of God ...
12 Respect, Religion and the News
13 Popular Media, News and Religion
14 Reconciling Religion in Worlds of Violence
SECTION 4: Contesting Religion and the News
15 Religion and New Media:
Changing the Story
16 Taking Offence: Free Speech, Blasphemy and the Media
17 Law, Religion and the Media:
More Spinned Against than Spinning?
18 Towards a Theology of News
19 Conclusion: The Futures of Religion
and the News
Select Annotated Bibliography
Index