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1 online resource (viii, 440 pages) |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series.
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Conversing about faith and media in America -- Praising technology : evangelical populism embraces American futurism -- Leading the tribes out of exile : the religious press discerns broadcasting -- Converting to consumerism : evangelical radio embraces the market -- Searching for communion : the Christian metanarrative meets popular mythology -- Communing with civil sin : mainstream media purge evil -- Discerning professional journalism : reporters adopt fundamentalist discourse -- Praising democracy : embracing religion in a mass-mediated society |
| Summary |
The mass media and religious groups in America regularly argue about news bias, sex and violence on television, movie censorship, advertiser boycotts, broadcast and film content rating systems, government regulation of the media, the role of mass evangelism in a democracy, and many other issues. In the United States the major disputes between religion and the media usually have involved Christian churches or parachurch ministries, on the one hand, and the so-called secular media, on the other. Often the Christian Right locks horns with supposedly liberal Eastern media elite and Holl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-422) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Mass media in religion -- United States
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Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Mass media -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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Mass media -- Religious aspects
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Mass media in religion
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Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Christentum
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Massenmedien
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781429480413 |
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1429480416 |
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9780870139529 |
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0870139525 |
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9781628951868 |
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1628951869 |
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