Religion and the media
Subtitle: an introductory reader
By: edited by Chris Arthur.
Contributors: Arthur, C. J. 1955-; World Association for Christian Communication.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Mass media -- Religious aspects.; Mass media -- Social aspects.; Communication -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Journalism -- Objectivity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-292).
"Published on behalf of the World Association for Christian Communication."--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction / Chris Arthur; value: Media mythologies / Gregor Goethals; value: Teaching theology in a new cultural environment / Peter Horsfield; value: The religious relevance of television / William F. Fore; value: The media and theology: some reflections / Duncan B. Forrester; value: Religious communication in the context of soap values / Eric Shegog; value: Religion, education, and the communication of values / Jim McDonnell; value: Popular religion on TV / Neil Simpson; value: Everybody needs good neighbours: soap opera as community of meaning / Derek C. Weber; value: Religious values and root paradigms: a method of cultural analysis / William E. Biernatzki; value: The theology of the nine o'clock news / Colin Morris; value: Ill news comes often on the back of worse / John Eldridge; value: An Islamic perspective on the news / S.A. Schleifer; value: Learning from failure: towards a rationale for religious communication / Chris Arthur; value: Television commercials: mirror and symbol of societal values / Peg Slinger; value: Theological reflections: social effects of television / Jeanne Cover; value: 'Thou shalt have no other jeans before me' / Dorothee Sölle; value: Hymns and arias / D.P. Davies; value: Religious broadcasting on independent television / Rachel Viney; value: Privatism, authority, and autonomy in American newspaper coverage of religion: the readers speak / Stewart M. Hoover.