1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, challenges, past and present global issues and debates in this exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, this volume comprises over 25 chapters by a team of international contributors. This Handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account:
- Theoretical Reflections
- Power and Authority
- Conflict, Radicalization and Populism
- Dialogue and Peacebuilding
- Trends
Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, including religious and secular press; ethics; globalization; gender; datafication; differentiation; journalistic religious literacy; race and religious extremism.
This volume is essential reading for students and researchers in journalism and religious studies. This Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, communication studies, media studies and area studies.
Introduction
1. Religion and Journalism: The Global View
Xenia Zeiler and Kerstin Radde-Antweiler
Part 1: Theoretical Reflections
2. Reporting Refugees: The Theory and Practice of Developing Journalistic Religious Literacy
Jolyon Mitchell and Sara Afshari
3. Religion and Journalism under Secularization
Henrik Reintoft Christensen
4. The Role and Function of Journalism for Religious Organizations
Tim Hutchings
5. Gender, Religion and the Press in Scandinavia
Mia Lövheim
Part 2: Power and Authority
6. Race, Religion and the News: The Reagan Administration and the Fairness Issue
Diane Winston
7. The Negotiation of Religious Authorities in European Journalism
Teemu Taira
8. From Good Press to Fake News: Who’s Got the Word? Religion, Authority and Journalism in Brazil
Karina Kosicki Belotti
9. Asian Media: A Pillar of Religious Authority?
Yoel Cohen
10. Religion and Journalism in Ghanian News Media
Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
11. Gender, Religion and News Media in Africa
Katryn Pype
Part 3: Conflict, Radicalization and Populism
12. Reporting the Divided Soul of the Nation: Religion and Politics in American News Media
D. Ashley Campbell
13. Media Visibility of Religion and Conflict in the Digital Age
Tanja Maier
14. Gender, Religion and New Medias in Latin America
Kelber Goncales
15. Shukura: Gratitude, Faith and the Unlikely Relationship Between Gender, Religion and Journalism in Brazil
Priscila Vieira-Souza and Andréia Coutinho Louback
16. Journalism and the Rise of Hindu Extremism: Reporting Religion in a Post-Truth Era
Pradip Thomas
17. Radical Others and Ethical Selves: Religion in African Journalism
Jennifer Mary Hasty
Part 4: Dialogue and Peacebuilding
18. Ethics, Religion, and Journalism in the USA: Their Roles within Political Dialogue and the Peacemaking Process
Doug Underwood
19. Peace versus Conflict-Journalism in Poland: Representation of Islam, Muslims and Refugees by Progressive and Right-Wing Polish Media
Anna Piela
20. Journalism, Religious Intolerance and Violence in Brazil
Magali do Nascimento Cunha
21. Reporting Religions with Chinese Characteristics: Sinicizing Religious Faith, Securitizing News Media
Wai-Yip Ho
22. Religious Peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: The Role of the Printing Press
Joram Tarusarira and Admire Mare
Part 5: Trends
23. (De)Differentiation and Religion in Digital News
Johanna Sumiala
24. Differentiation: When More Sometimes Means Less
Joyce Smith
25. Globalization as a Trend for Journalism: Researchers’ Perspectives
Liane Rothenberger and Cornelius B. Pratt
26. Religion and Journalism in a Globalized World: A Journalist’s Perspective
Paul Chaffee
27. Religious Datafication: Platforms, Practices and Power
Pauline Hope Cheong
28. Datafication as a Trend for Journalism: a Journalist’s Perspective
Andreas Mattsson
Biography
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler is professor of Religious Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Xenia Zeiler is associate professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
