Muslims and media images: news versus views

Contributor(s):

Farouqui, Ather ed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi OUP 2011Description: 354pISBN:

9780198069256

Subject(s):

Social Groups- Religious Group-Muslims

DDC classification:

305.6971054 MUS

Summary: This book examines media representations of Indian Muslims in the wake of global Islamic radicalism and its repercussions. It analyses the reach of jihadi pan-Islamism in the popular Indian Muslim consciousness and how the community copes with media distortions of a nuanced issue. Exploring the politics of representation and the subsequent stereotyping of Muslims by the media, this work contextualizes the ongoing debates on the media's accountability and its commercialization. Arshad Amaah • Charles J. Borges • Howard Brasted • Estelle Dryland • Ather Farouqui • John W. Hood • Robin Jeffrey • Moinuddin Jinabade • Wahiduddin Khan • Rajni Kothari • Susan B. Maitra • Dagmar Markova • Vinod Mehta • Chandan Mitra • K.M.A. Munim • Kuldip Nayar • Mrinal Pande • Sabya Sachi • Siddharth Varadarajan

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This book examines media representations of Indian Muslims in the wake of global Islamic radicalism and its repercussions. It analyses the reach of jihadi pan-Islamism in the popular Indian Muslim consciousness and how the community copes with media distortions of a nuanced issue. Exploring the politics of representation and the subsequent stereotyping of Muslims by the media, this work contextualizes the ongoing debates on the media's accountability and its commercialization. Arshad Amaah • Charles J. Borges • Howard Brasted • Estelle Dryland • Ather Farouqui • John W. Hood • Robin Jeffrey • Moinuddin Jinabade • Wahiduddin Khan • Rajni Kothari • Susan B. Maitra • Dagmar Markova • Vinod Mehta • Chandan Mitra • K.M.A. Munim • Kuldip Nayar • Mrinal Pande • Sabya Sachi • Siddharth Varadarajan

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