1st Edition

Islam and the Media Volume III

Edited By Anna Piela Copyright 2016
306 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection aims to illustrate the variety of different Islamic mediated expressions, both in Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts. The study of the myriad of ways in which Islam is mediated in today’s world is important, because the media (both traditional, i.e print and broadcast, and ‘new’/social/online) are a battleground for the meaning and nature of Islam. Different discourses... Read more
Volume III A Battle for the Meaning of Islam: Global Discourses: 36 British Muslim perceptions and opinions on news coverage of September 11 37 Islam in the public space: social networks, media and neo-communities 38 The internet and Islam’s new interpreters 39 Islamic radicalism online: the Moluccan mission of the Laskar Jihad in cyberspace 40 Dutch Moroccan websites: a transnational imagery? 41 “Rip, Burn. Pray.”: Islamic expression online 42 From audio tapes to video blogs: the delocalisation of authority in Islam 43 Redefining Muslim publics 44 Islam in the West: a discourse analysis of American and British Muslim web content 45 Cassette ethics: public piety and popular media in Egypt 46 Halal-tv: negotiating the place of religion in Swedish public discourse 47 Reimagining Islam in diaspora: the politics of mediated community 48 The politics of the internet in Iran 49 The road to media jihad: the propaganda actions of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 50 Social media and the decision to participate in political protest: observations from Tahrir Square.

Biography

Anna Piela