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Religion and Topoi in the News: An Analysis of the 'Unsecular Media' Hypothesis.
- Source :
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Journal of Media & Religion . 2003, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p49. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Silk (1995) proposed in Unsecular Media that journalists operate with a limited series of topoi and that these are borrowed from religion. Silk thus claimed when journalists write about religion, they do so in a way that ultimately supports religious values. In this study, I apply topic analysis to recent news coverage of Jesse Jackson's marital infidelity to determine the extent to which the topos of hypocrisy was employed and whether this employment supported or challenged a religious as opposed to secular world view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *JOURNALISTS
*RELIGION
*ADULTERY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15348423
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Media & Religion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9769652
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1207/S15328415JMR0201_4