Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence: The Role of Religion and Media
This book explores how media and religion combine to play a role in promoting peace and inciting violence. It analyses a wide range of media - from posters, cartoons and stained glass to websites, radio and film - and draws on diverse examples from around the world, including Iran, Rwanda and South...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Taylor and Francis
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mitchell, Jolyon P., 1964-, Promoting peace, inciting violence] (2015) (Hutchings, Tim)
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| Series/Journal: | Media, Religion and Culture
Media, Religion and Culture Ser. |
| Further subjects: | B
Church and mass media
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence : The Role of Religion and Media: |
| Summary: | This book explores how media and religion combine to play a role in promoting peace and inciting violence. It analyses a wide range of media - from posters, cartoons and stained glass to websites, radio and film - and draws on diverse examples from around the world, including Iran, Rwanda and South Africa.Part One considers how various media forms can contribute to the creation of violent environments: by memorialising past hurts; by instilling fear of the 'other'; by encouraging audiences to fight, to die or to kill neighbours for an apparently greater good. Part Two explores how film can bea |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0415557461 |