What Style Guides Tell Secular Journalists about Muslims and Islam

Journalists in secular contexts report – accurately and fairly, we hope – on religious communities and events. Quantitative studies of media content and discourse have suggested a rise in reporting on religion in general and, since 9/11, Islam in particular, with misrepresentations and negative repr...

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Main Author: Munnik, Michael B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-75
Further subjects:B style guides
B Muslims
B news language
B UK
B Journalism
B Representation
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