Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims

by Elizabeth Poole

Overview

Since the end of the Cold War, much media attention has focused on Islam as a disruption in the global order. Reporting Islam is a timely look at the ways in which Muslims are represented in British news media. Elizabeth Poole examines newspapers and actual accounts from readers, to explore how Muslims are demonized by the press.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860646867
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/21/2002
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Poole is a Lecturer in Media Studies at Staffordshire University.

Table of Contents

Representing Islam: In Theory and in Practice
• Framing Islam: A Quantitative Analysis
• British Islam: A Discursive Construction
• Interpreting Islam

Editorial Reviews

""The book is full of real and reliable qualitative insights and worth reading carefully.""--Gerd Baumann, Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies

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