Muslims and the News Media

Set in both British and international contexts, this text is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook which clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and audiences. Looking closely at a wide range of journalistic genres the authors examine the influence of Muslims in the processes of news production, and the ways in which audiences, both Muslim and non-Muslim, consume this media. The book brings together different perspectives to provide insights into the representation-and misrepresentation-of Islam and Muslims today.

Elizabeth Poole is Lecturer in Media Studies at Staffordshire University and author of Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims (I.B.Tauris). John E. Richardson is Lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield University and author of (Mis)Representing Islam: the Racism and Rhetoric of the British Press.