RT Article
T1 Religion on an Ordinary Day in UK News: Christianity, Secularism and Diversity
JF Journal of religion, media and digital culture
VO 10
IS 2
SP 179
OP 202
A1 Poole, Elizabeth 1969-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1777379687
AB Abstract This article examines representations of religion on an ordinary day in British newspapers, 17 September in 2013, 2014 and 2015, as part of an international comparative study. Taking as its sample The Times, the Metro and a local newspaper, the Manchester Evening News, the study used both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine global, national and regional stories about conventional and common religion and the secular sacred. In a transitional period, in the run up to the EU referendum (2016) and before populism became more visible in the mainstream, the findings demonstrate the importance of identity politics in the representation of religion and diversity in UK news. Within a backdrop of embedded Christianity and through an excessive focus on Islam, debates about religion often explore or seek to reinforce ideas of Britishness, whether that be aligned to a traditional Christian heritage, secular liberalism or, an ‘acceptable’ version of integrated diversity.
K1 UK
K1 secular liberalism
K1 Diversity
K1 religion in the news
K1 Media Representation
K1 media and religion
K1 news
DO 10.1163/21659214-bja10043