TY - BOOK AU - Poole,Elizabeth TI - Reporting Islam: media representations of British Muslims SN - 9781860646867 (hbk.) : AV - PN5124.I78P96 .I84 P66 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - London, UK, New York, NY, New York, NY PB - I.B. Tauris, In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan KW - Islam in mass media KW - Islam KW - Great Britain KW - Public opinion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index; Preface: After 11 September 2001 -- 1. Representing Islam: in theory and practice -- Representing the Other: Orientalism -- Development of the Islamic Other: historical context -- Representation of Islam: Islam the media villain -- Representation of ethnic minorities -- Representing religion -- The manufacture of news -- 2. Framing Islam: a quantitative analysis -- Global to local -- Domestic news -- 3. British Islam: a discursive construction -- Quantitative context -- Qualitative analysis -- Relationships -- Education -- Rushdie, blasphemy and religious discrimination -- Islamic fundamentalism in the UK -- Crime and politics: the case of Mohammed Sarwar -- Sources -- Nationality/ethnicity -- Coverage in the Sun -- 4. Interpreting Islam -- Approach -- Perceptions of Islam: prevalent discourse -- Readings -- Cultural proximity -- Religion, ethnicity, language groupings -- Attitude to religion/other religions -- Familiarity with media coverage -- Media bias -- Media literacy -- Interpretive strategies -- Media usage and cultures of understanding. App. A. Topical clusters: themes and meanings of British Islam -- App. B. Glossary of terms used in discourse analysis -- App. C. Tabulated demographic details (audience) -- App. D. Significant topics in 1999 ER -