A Democratic Approach to Religion News: Christianity and Islam in the British and Turkish Press

Topkev, Ahmed

This book introduces the first systematic and unified four-dimension democratic approach to newspaper religion reporting. It explores the coverage of faith, with a particular focus on Christianity and Islam, in the British and Turkish national press. The results of framing analysis, conducted through content analysis of 1,022 news articles, reveal that, in both countries, alongside the contrasting portrayals of the minority religions, even the dominant religions had a disproportioned employment of the four dimensions – spiritual, world life, political, and conflict. It contributes to scholarship not only empirically but also theoretically and methodologically, with its theoretical and methodological contribution surpassing its empirical findings. As such, it will transcend geographical and temporal boundaries, making it appealing and relevant to an international audience of academics, professionals, and students in the fields of journalism, religion, democracy, media, communication, society, and culture, as well as individuals from various backgrounds.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-03-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031495182

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49519-9

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 420.0