Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195374371 ISBN 13: 9780195374377

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Today understanding of religion is essential to understanding many major news stories. This book examines how the media frequently miss or misunderstand these stories because they do not take religion seriously, and how they misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. To the extent that journalists do not grasp events' religious dimensions, both global and local, the authors argue, they are hindered from, and sometimes incapable of, describing what is happening. However, on the national level the press is one of the most secular institutions in American society - not necessarily contemptuous of serious religion, just uncomprehending. The essays in this book examine nine specific news stories that were inadequately or incorrectly reported by major news sources because their religious dimension was ignored, overlooked, or misrepresented. These stories range from the 2004 U.S. presidential elections, to Iran, Iraq, and the papal succession. In each case the author demonstrates how the story might have been more effectively reported and concludes with specific suggestions for journalist. The authors include both scholars and experienced news analysts. Although it will be of particular interest to people of faith, the book offers all readers an interesting and balanced analysis of the news media's uneasy relationship with religion and religious issues.

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Recensione:

...an excellent book...a collection of essays showing how contemporary reporting ignores, distorts or simply fails to see the religious dimension of world events. (Michael McMahon, Catholic Herald)

admirable book. (Christopher Pearson, The Australian)

... valuable ,,, worth reading and pondering (Leon Cohen, The Jewish Chronicle)

L'autore:

Paul Marshall is Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom. Lela Gilbert is a freelance writer and editor who has authored or co-authored more than sixty published books. Roberta Green Ahmanson is an award-winning journalist and co-author of Islam at the Crossroads.

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• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195374371
• ISBN 13: 9780195374377
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242
• Redattore: Marshall Paul