Media, religion and conflict

Media, religion and conflict [electronic resource] / edited by Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny. - Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 168 p.) : ill.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Islamic terrorism' and the repression of the political / Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore -- Is the BBC biased? : the corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war / Ivor Gaber and Lisa Thomas -- Islam as a threat? : problematisation of Muslims in the mass media and effects on the political system / Patrik Ettinger and Linards Udris -- Muslims in print, or media events as nodes of cultural conflict / Henrik Bøkder -- The AKP government in Turkey : politics, democracy and the media / Jeffrey Haynes -- The political rhetoric of the Vatican : aims and strategies of the Holy See as a transnational actor / John Bradley -- Populism and security in political speechmaking : the 2008 US presidential campaign / Michael Higgins -- Towards a theorisation of the link between media, religion and conflict / Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny.

9780754696810 (electronic bk.) 0754696812 (electronic bk.)


Terrorism--Press coverage.
War--Press coverage.
Islam--Press coverage.
Religion and politics.


Electronic books.

PN4784.T45 / M43 2009eb

070.4/493036