Religion In The News: Faith And Journalism In American Public Discourse
by Stewart Hoover /
2018 / English / PDF
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Stewart M Hoover offers a cultural-historical analysis of the rise of religious stories in the media - the Islamic Revolution in Iran, televangelism and its scandals, the political agenda of the Evangelical New Right, to name but a few. The author's penetrating analysis brings into sharp focus: the relationship between religion and the news media, both in everyday practice and in the larger context of American public discourse the place of religion in American life the role of the media in cultural discourse and the prospects of institutional religion in the media age.
