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Title: Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens |
| Author: Lawrence Pintak |
Description: Subtitle: America, Islam and the War of Ideas
There exists today a tragic rift between Americans and the worlds Muslims. Each views the other with suspicion and anger. Yet in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there was widespread sympathy for the U.S. in the great arc of Muslim nations from West Africa to Southeast Asia.
This book explores what happened. It examines the disconnect that leads Americans and Muslims around the world to view the same words and images in fundamentally different ways.
Partly a result of a centuries-old us against them dichotomy and an essential difference in worldview, the problem is exacerbated by an increasingly polarised media and by leaders on both sides who either dont understand or dont care what impact their words and policies have in the world at large.
Veteran journalist and former CBS News correspondent Lawrence Pintak explores how the US media portrays Islam, and how Arab and Muslim media represent the US and its actions. He argues that the abyss of misunderstanding and mis-reporting has distorted perceptions on both sides of the divide with potentially disastrous results.
Built on the authors extensive journalistic experience, the book is carefully grounded in contemporary academic scholarship -- including Orientalism, othering, worldview, media effects theory and framing theory, amongst others -- giving it broad appeal to students of such fields as media studies, Middle East studies and Islamic studies, as well as general current affairs readers.
• New book by well-respected veteran journalist and author of Seeds of Hate
• Explores the rift between American and Muslims caused by widespread media misrepresentation
• Covers new ground, with a pan-Muslim spread (rather than an exclusive focus on the Middle East)
• Ideal for students of Media Studies and Islam, as well as current affairs
About the Author
Lawrence Pintak is the director of the Adham Center for Electronic Journalism at the American University in Cairo and a veteran of 30 years in journalism. He has reported from four continents for many of the worlds leading news organizations, served as a newspaper and Internet editor, and is a former visiting professor of journalism and public policy at the University of Michigan. Pintak covered the birth of modern Islamic terrorism as the CBS News Middle East
Reviews
An acute, informed and timely insight into colliding worlds of perception. Jim Muir, Middle East correspondent for the BBC
One of the most perceptive accounts of the nightmare in Lebanon TheWashington Post (reviewing Beirut Outtakes)
Pintaks book shows his considerable grasp of Middle Eastern political trends.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Worldview, Identity and the Other
Section I: Foundations of the Relationship
1. In the Eye of the Beholder
2. U.S. Coverage of Islam
3. The Arab and Muslim Media
Section II: The Framing of an Era
4. Rhetoric, Religion and Righteousness
5. The Myth of Terror and the Terror of Myth
6. Enemies, Allies and other Artificial Constructs
Section III: Perceptions of Policy
7. Weaponising the Media
8. Prism of Pain: Palestine
9. Rewriting the Script: Iraq
Section IV: Hearts & Minds
10. Beyond the Middle East
11. Brand America
12. Symbols of Empire
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes and References
Index
392pp
Subtopic: Conflict Resolution |
| Year: 2006 |
| Code: 6786 |
| Price: €21.90 |
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