Media, religion and conflict (Ashgate, 2009)
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
Responding to the current political climate of increased Islamist militancy, the growing influence of the Christian Right on US foreign policy and George Bush's war on terror, Media, Religion and Conflict offers a series of case studies reflecting on how the media covers religion as conflict within and between states. It challenges readers to critically examine how media reportage and commentary influences perceptions and responses to religion and security