Framing Religion in the News
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- ISBN 9780805896053
- Weight: 130g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This special issue of the Journal of Media and Religion looks at how religion is framed when it is thrust into the public realm through mediated coverage of a particular event. The first article examines how the public debate about teaching evolution was framed by the press in Tennessee. The next article discusses framing of news stories about Mormons during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The final article applies Silk's unsecular media hypothesis to coverage of the Jesse Jackson infidelity scandal. Each of these articles uncovers new issues and insights about the framing of religion news. The editors hope that they will become important points of departure for theorization on this important topic. Future research will benefit from the analyses presented by these authors.
