Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia: Of Dominance and Diversity

ISBN-13: 9781032082905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 196 str.

Enqi Weng

Opis

This volume explores the contradiction between the news coverage of religion and its apparent decline according to census data. Based on media research in Australia, it demonstrates that media discussions overlook the diversity that exists within religions and offer a very limited understanding of religion.

Spis treści

1. Problematising ‘Religion’

2. Historical and Current Perspectives on Australian Religion and Spirituality

3. Changing Perspectives on Religion

4. Australian Religion in the Public Sphere

5. Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Q&A Program: A Case Study

6. Changing Nature of Australian Religion

7. Mediation and Mediatisation of Religion

8. The Sacred in Evolution

9. Comparison with ‘Media Religion’ in Britain

10. The Way Forward

Appendix 1: Coding Categories

Appendix 2: Coding: Topic of Discussions

Appendix 3: Transcription Convention

Appendix 4: Program References

O autorze

Enqi Weng is a Research Fellow on the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project ‘Religious Diversity in Australia: Strategies to Maintain Social Cohesion’. She teaches media studies and religious studies units at Deakin University, Australia.