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Title Islam and the Australian news media / editors, Halim Rane, Jacqui Ewart and Mohamad Abdalla.

Publication Info. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Islamic studies series ; 4
MUP academic monograph series
MUP Islamic studies series ; 4.
MUP academic monograph series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Foreword; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Media and Muslim landscapes; CHAPTER 1 Orientalism and the Australian news media:; CHAPTER 2 Muslims in Australia:; CHAPTER 3 Reporting on Islam for the Australian media; Part II: Image and impacts; CHAPTER 4 Jihad sheilas or media martyrs?:; CHAPTER 5 Media content and inter-community relations; Part III: Newsworthiness of Islam; CHAPTER 6 Why Muslims make headlines; CHAPTER 7 A lapse of reason or Islamophobia at work?; Part IV: Sources, agendas and responses; CHAPTER 8 News, views and agendas:
CHAPTER 9 Community media interventionPart V: Roles and responsibilities; CHAPTER 10 Media and myth: Dr Haneef and the fourth estate; Conclusion: A way forward?; Bibliography; Index; Copyright
Summary Few issues have captured media headlines over the past two decades like Islam and Muslims, and much of what the Australian public knows about Islam and its followers is gleaned from the mass media. Islam and the Australian News Media tackles head-on the Australian news media's treatment of Islam and Muslims. This incisive collection brings together the research and insights of academics, editors and journalists on the representation of Islam and its impact on social relations, the newsworthiness of Muslim issues and the complexities of covering Islam. Importantly, Islam and the Australian N.
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Subject Islam -- Press coverage -- Australia.
Islam -- Press coverage.
Australia.
Islam.
Islam in mass media.
Islam in mass media.
Islam and civil society -- Australia.
Islam and civil society.
Mass media -- Objectivity -- Australia.
Mass media -- Objectivity.
Muslims -- Australia -- Attitudes.
Muslims.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rane, Halim, 1976-
Ewart, Jacqui.
Abdalla, Mohamad.
Other Form: Print version: Islam and the Australian news media. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2010 9780522860047 (OCoLC)503238675
ISBN 9780522860047 (electronic book)
0522860044 (electronic book)
9780522856392 (pdf)
052285639X (pdf)
9780522856408
0522856403