Publications

Publication details [#52599]

Mishra, Smeeta. 2008. Islam and Democracy: Comparing Post-9/11 Representations in the U.S. Prestige Press in the Turkish, Iraqi, and Iranian Contexts. Journal of Communication Inquiry 32 (2) : 155–178.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | contextualization | political system | press | religion

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This comparative analysis of post-9/11 perspectives on Islam and democracy in the U.S. prestige press demonstrates, despite coverage differences, a persisting fear of political Islam in all three examined discursive -i.e. Turkish, Iraqi, and Iranian- contexts.