Full Description
The media's coverage of religion is an important question for academic researchers, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. Not only is there a lack of treatment of the subject in other countries, but there is also the absence of comparative study on news and religion. A key question is how the media, the political system, the religions themselves, the culture, and the economy influence how religion is reported in different countries. Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World is intended to fill this gap. The book is divided into six parts: an introductory section; the newsgathering process; religion reporting in different regions; media events concerning religion; political and social change and the role of religion news; future trends.
Contents
Yoel Cohen: Introduction: Religion News in the Twenty-First Century - Stewart Hoover: Religion and the News in the Age of Media Change - Joyce Smith: Foreign News—The 'Religion Story' - Yoel Cohen: The Religion Reporter - Miriam Diez Bosch: The Vaticanologists: Covering the Holy See - Tim Hutchings: Digital Futures of Religion Journalism - Daniel A. Stout: Convergence, Digital Media, and the Paradigm Shift in Religion News in the United States - Victor Khroul: Religion and News Media in Post-Soviet Russia - Magali do Nascimento Cunha: Religious Exclusivism and Roman Catholicism in the Brazilian News Media - Walter C. Ihejirika/Andrew D. Dewan: Development Journalism and Religion Reporting: The Nigerian Case - Keval J. Kumar: Reporting Religion in Indian News Media: Hindu Nationalism, 'Reconversions' and the Secular State - Qingjiang Yao/Zhaoxi Liu: Media and Religion in China: Publicizing Gods Under Atheistic Governance - Giulia Evolvi: Habemus Papas: Pope Francis' Election as a Religious Media Event - Leo Eko: The Argument of Force Versus the Force of Argument: The Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attack as a Global Meta Event - Noha Mellor: Religious Ideologies and News Ethics: The Case of Saudi Arabia - Haryati Abd ul Karim: Sinners or Alternative Identities? Contrasting Discourses on LGBT Communities in Two Malaysian Dailies - Yoel Cohen: Holy Days, News Media, and Religious Identity: A Case Study in Jewish Holy Days and the Israeli Press and News Websites - Daniel Arasa/Lorenzo Cantoni/Juan Narbona: The Catholic Church and Twitter - Christian Bourret/Karim Fraoua: Religion, Social Media and Societal Changes: The Case of "Marriage for All" in France - Babak Rahimi: Internet News, Media Technologies, and Islam: The Case of Shafaqna - Contributors - Index.
