
- 248 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Since the 1970s, more and more religious stories have made their way to headline news: the Islamic Revolution in Iran, televangelism and its scandals, and the rise of the Evangelical New Right and its role in politics, to name but a few. Media treatment of religion can be seen as a kind of indicator of the broader role and status of religion on the contemporary scene. To better understand the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse, author Stewart P. Hoover gives a cultural-historical analysis in his book, Religion in the News. The resulting insights provide important clues as to the place of religion in American life, the role of the media in cultural discourse, and the prospects of institutional religion in the media age.
This volume is highly recommended to media professionals, journalists, people in the religious community, and for classroom use in religious studies and media studies programs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 - Religion in the News
- Chapter 2 - Approaches to Understanding
- Chapter 3 - Discourses of Contemporary Religion
- Chapter 4 - The Source of the Problem?
- Chapter 5 - Looking at Religion
- Chapter 6 - Reading and Watching Religion
- Chapter 7 - The Audience for Religion
- Chapter 8 - Religion and the Media in Conflict
- Chapter 9 - Religion and Broadcasting
- Chapter 10 - The Challenge of Standards
- Chapter 11 - To be the Discourse or Merely to Cover It
- Index
- About the Author