Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public Discourse
Stewart M Hoover offers a cultural-historical analysis of the rise of religious stories in the media - the Islamic Revolution in Iran, televangelism and its scandals, the political agenda of the Evangelical New Right, to name but a few.\ The author's penetrating analysis brings into sharp focus: the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse; the place of religion in American life; the role of the media in...
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Stewart M Hoover offers a cultural-historical analysis of the rise of religious stories in the media - the Islamic Revolution in Iran, televangelism and its scandals, the political agenda of the Evangelical New Right, to name but a few. The author's penetrating analysis brings into sharp focus: the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse; the place of religion in American life; the role of the media in cultural discourse; and the prospects of institutional religion in the media age. Booknews Gives a cultural-historical analysis of the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse. Offers insights into the place of religion in American life, the role of media in cultural discourse, and the prospects of institutional religion in the media age. For media professionals, journalists, and those in the religious community, and for students in religious and media studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefaceAcknowledgments1Religion in the News12Approaches to Understanding183Discourses of Contemporary Religion334The Source of the Problem?525Looking at Religion676Reading and Watching Religion977The Audience for Religion1148Religion and the Media in Conflict1399Religion and Broadcasting15410The Challenge of Standards19311To Be the Discourse or Merely to Cover It205Index221About the Author233
\ BooknewsGives a cultural-historical analysis of the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse. Offers insights into the place of religion in American life, the role of media in cultural discourse, and the prospects of institutional religion in the media age. For media professionals, journalists, and those in the religious community, and for students in religious and media studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
