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Muslims and the News Media
Poole Richardson E
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Description for Muslims and the News Media
Paperback. Examines the role of Muslims in the news media, particularly within a climate of threat, fear and misunderstanding. Exploring the circumstances and politics surrounding the representation of Muslims across a range of journalistic genres, this book provides insights into the representation - and misrepresentation - of Islam and Muslims. Editor(s): Poole, Elizabeth; Richardson, John E. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSR2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
Muslims have featured in many of the more significant news stories of the past few years - yet shockingly very few of these stories have been about anything other than the 'war on terror'. This urgently relevant book examines the role and representations of Muslims in the news media, particularly within a climate of threat, fear and misunderstanding. Written by both academic authorities and media practitioners, "Muslims and the News Media" is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international context. Bringing together a range of insightful perspectives on the subject into ... Read more
Muslims have featured in many of the more significant news stories of the past few years - yet shockingly very few of these stories have been about anything other than the 'war on terror'. This urgently relevant book examines the role and representations of Muslims in the news media, particularly within a climate of threat, fear and misunderstanding. Written by both academic authorities and media practitioners, "Muslims and the News Media" is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international context. Bringing together a range of insightful perspectives on the subject into ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845111724
SKU
V9781845111724
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Ref
99-10
About Poole Richardson E
Elizabeth Poole is Lecturer in Media Studies at Staffordshire University and author of 'Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims (I.B. Tauris). John E. Richardson is Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Loughborough and author of '(Mis) Representing Islam: the Racism and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet Newspapers'.
Reviews for Muslims and the News Media
'Timely and comprehensive, this book covers all aspects of representation of Muslims in contemporary Western media. Impressively, it also attempts to answer fundamental questions about a multicultural Europe...Essential reading for every current affairs and news editor.' Daphna Baram, author of Disenchantment: The Guardian and Israel ' Muslims and the News Media provides a ... Read more