The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, challenges, past and present global issues and debates in this exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, this volume comprises over 25 chapters by a team of international contributors. This 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, including religious and secular press; ethics; globalization; gender; datafication; differentiation; journalistic religious literacy; race and religious extremism.
This volume is essential reading for students and researchers in journalism and religious studies. This Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, communication studies, media studies and area studies.
Author(s): Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Xenia Zeiler
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Religion
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 458
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Introduction
1 Religion and Journalism: A Global View
Part 1 The Oretical Reflections
2 Reporting Refugees: The Theory and Practice of Developing Journalistic Religious Literacy
3 Religion and Journalism Under Secularization
4 The Role and Function of Journalism for Religious Organizations
5 Gender, Religion and the Press in Scandinavia
Part 2 Power and Authority
6 Race, Religion and the News: The Reagan Administration and the Fairness Issue
7 The Negotiation of Religious Authorities in European Journalism
8 From Good Press to Fake News: Who’s got the Word? Religion, Authority and Journalism in Brazil
9 Asian Mass Media: A Pillar of Religious authority?
10 Religion and Journalism in Ghanaian News Media
11 Religion, Gender and News Media in Africa
Part 3 Conflict, Radicalization and Populism
12 Reporting the Divided Soul of the Nation: Religion and Politics in American News Media
13 Media Visibility of Religion and Conflict in the Digital Age
14 Gender, Religion and New Medias in Latin America
15 Shukura: Gratitude, Faith and the Unlikely Relationship Between Gender, Religion and Journalism in Brazil
16 Journalism and the Rise of Hindu Extremism: Reporting Religion in a Post-Truth Era
17 Radical Others and Ethical Selves: Religion in African Journalism
Part 4 Dialogue and Peacebuilding
18 Ethics, Religion and Journalism in the USA: Their Roles within Political Dialogue and the Peacemaking Process
19 Peace- Versus Conflict-Journalism in Poland: Representation of Islam, Muslims and Refugees by Progressive and Right-Wing Polish Media
20 Journalism, Religious Intolerance and Violence in Brazil
21 Reporting Religions with Chinese Characteristics: Sinicizing Religious Faith, Securitizing News Media
22 Religious Peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: The Role of the Printing Press
23 (De-)Differentiation and Religion in Digital News
Part 5 Trends
24 Differentiation: When more Sometimes Means Less
25 Globalization as a Trend for Journalism: Researchers’ Perspectives
26 Religion and Journalism in a Globalized World: a Journalist’s Perspective
27 Religious Datafication: Platforms, Practices and Power
28 Datafication as a Trend for Journalism: A Journalist’s Perspective
Index
