TY  - BOOK
AU  - Winston,Diane H.
TI  - The Oxford handbook of religion and the American news media
T2  - [Oxford handbooks]
SN  - 0195395069
AV  - BL2525 .O95 2012
U1  - 070.449200973 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Religion and the press
KW  - United States
KW  - Journalism, Religious
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Section One; History--; Section Two; The Media--; Section Three; Religions--; Section Four; Issues and Beats--; Section Five; International Coverage--; Section Six; The Religious Press --; Introduction; ''Mapping the Royal Road'' An Introduction to the Oxford Handbook on Religion and the American News Media; Diane Winston-- --; Section One; History--; 1; Religion and News in Eighteenth-Century America; David Copeland--; 2; The Penny Press and the Birth of Modern Religion Reporting; Judith M. Buddenbaum--; 3; American Journalism and Religion; 1870-1930; Richard Flory--; 4; Religion News Coverage between1930 and1960; Debra L. Mason--; 5; Religion in the News Since 9; 11; Stewart M. Hoover-- --; Section Two; The Media--; 6; Late Night Comedy as a Source of Religion News; Lynn Schofield Clark and Jill Dierberg --; 7; Religion in Print Media; Doug Underwood--; 8; Religion News on the Radio; Peter Manseau--; 9; Religion in Commercial Television News; Michele Rosenthal--; 10; Religion News Online; Debra L. Mason-- --; Section Three; Religions--; 11; American Catholicism and the Mass-Market Newsweekly; Peter Manseau--; 12; Mainline Protestants and News Narrative; J. Terry Todd--; 13; Orthodox Judaism and the News; Nora L. Rubel--; 14; Media Representations of 'Sunbelt' Evangelicalism; Darren Dochuk--; 15; The Legend of the Assassins in News Coverage of Muslims; Karim H. Karim--; 16; News coverage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Jana Reiss--; 17; News Coverage and Popular Press Reports of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; Jane Naomi Iwamura--; 18; American Press Coverage of Buddhism from the 1870s to the Present; Nick Street--; 19; Wicca in the News; Sarah M. Pike--; 20; Media Coverage of Scientology in the United States; Carole M. Cusack-- --; Section Four; Issues and Beats--; 21; Religion and Politics in Print; Mark Silk--; 22; Media Portrayals of the Moral Majority; John P. Bartkowski and Ashraf Alam--; 23; Evolution; Creationism and Objectivity in the Press; Lauri Lebo--; 24; Alternative Medicine in the Press; Steven Barrie-Anthony--; 25; News Coverage of Religion; Sexuality and AIDS; Diane Winston--; 26; Race and Racism in News Coverage of Religion; Marcia Alesan Dawkins--; 27; Football and Christianity in the News; Annie Blazer--; 28; The Celebrification of Religion in the Age of Infotainment; Kathryn Lofton-- --; Section Five; International Coverage--; 29; Latin American Religion in the News; Magali do Nascimento Cunha--; 30; American Coverage of Immigration; Islam; and Identity in the UK and the Netherlands; Elizabeth Poole--; 31; American Newspaper Coverage of Islam in the Arab World; Philip Seib--; 32; American News Coverage of Chinese Uighurs; Dalia Hashad--; 33; Religion and Reporting in Africa; Anthea Butler-- --; Section Six; The Religious Press--; 34; The Independent Catholic Press and Vatican II; Denise P. Ferguson--; 35; The Mainline Protestant Press; Mark Hulsether--; 36; The American Jewish Press; Jonathan D. Sarna--; 37; The Evangelical Press; Ken Waters--; 38; The Muslim Press in the United States; Faiza Hirji--; 39; The African American Religious Press; John M. Giggie
N2  - Comprised of six sections, the first examines how the history of the mass media and the role religion played in its growth. The second looks at how the major media formats--print, broadcast, and online--deal with religion. The next two examines how journalists cover major religious traditions and particular issues that have religion angles. The fifth examines the religious press, from the Christian Broadcasting Network to The Forward. The final section looks at how the American press covers the rest of the world
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