Comparative approaches to Islam, Security and Television News: Implications for Policy Makers and the Media

这项提案是基于一项为期三年的人权委员会资助项目，该项目审查了俄罗斯、英国和法国电视新闻中对伊斯兰教构成安全威胁的表述。它提供了对这一专题的第一次实质性的跨国分析，也是唯一利用大量电视记录的分析。从文化研究和政治科学方法的结合中得出的结果：(i)使媒体对穆斯林的描述和公共部门广播公司在文化敏感性领域的责任的传统智慧复杂化；挑战伊斯兰教同质化、泛欧化的概念；（三）从比较的角度阐释英国电视对恐怖主义的报道；（四）深入了解激进伊斯兰主义的出现如何影响多文化欧洲国家的多样性管理政策。这些发现已经发表在期刊文章、编辑过的章节和一本合著的专著中，该专著刚刚通过了最后的验证阶段。该项目是在人权委员会的影响议程明确之前构思的，因此没有正式的影响计划，却意外地引起了三组特定的非学术研究用户的强烈兴趣：广播公司、外交政策制定者和媒体监督组织。后续建议的目的是，通过系统地建立这一兴趣，并通过为非学术研究用户重新诠释我们项目已经完成的研究成果，提高关键政府、媒体和媒体监测组织对一个持续重要问题的认识和理解：媒体对伊斯兰安全关系的代表。相关的目标是与这三个团体合作，以便(a)为媒体报道有关穆斯林、极端主义和安全的敏感问题的做法提供信息；(b)塑造政府对这些问题如何影响具有战略重要性的国家（俄罗斯）的国内和外交政策的解释；(d)发起政策制定者和媒体从业者的跨文化讨论，讨论我们的研究结果对欧洲多元文化、多信仰社会的影响。我们提出了三项产出，将与我们已建立工作关系的合作伙伴共同制定，并使其受益：3份政策报告、一次政策研讨会和一个带有用户论坛的更新网站（详情见“产出”）。我们将通过要求合作伙伴定期提供反馈来评估我们活动的影响。我们将通过RCUK的全球不确定性网络和我们的在线讨论论坛，以及在他们的参与下提出合作研究建议，确保我们与他们的关系得到持续发展。

This proposal is based on a 3-year AHRC grant project examining Russian, British and French television news representations of Islam as a security threat. It provided the first substantive, cross-national analysis of this topic, and the only one to draw on a large corpus of television recordings. Derived from a combination of cultural studies and political science methods, the results: (i) complicate conventional wisdoms on the media's depiction of Muslims, and on the responsibilities of public sector broadcasters in areas of cultural sensitivity; (ii) challenge the notion of a homogeneous, pan-European construction of Islam; (iii) illuminate British television coverage of terrorism from a comparative perspective; and (iv) provide insights into the way in which the advent of radical Islamism has influenced diversity management policies across a spectrum of multicultural European nations. The findings have been published in journal articles, edited volume chapters and a co-authored monograph which has just passed final proof stage. The project, conceived before the AHRC's impact agenda had been articulated, and therefore without a formal impact plan, generated unexpectedly intense interest from three specific sets of non-academic research users: broadcasters, foreign policy makers and media monitoring organisations. The aim of the follow-up proposal is, by building systematically on this interest, and by recasting the already completed research findings of our project for non-academic research users, to enhance the knowledge and understanding of key governmental, media and media monitoring organisations in respect of an issue of continuing importance: the media's representation of the Islam-security nexus. The associated objectives are to work with the three groups in order (a) to inform media practices in reporting sensitive issues surrounding Muslims, extremism and security; (b) to shape government interpretations of the way in which these issues affect domestic and foreign policy in a country of strategic importance (Russia); (d) to initiate a cross-cultural discussion by policy-makers and media practitioners of the implications of our research findings for multicultural, multi-faith societies across Europe.We propose three outputs, to be developed in collaboration with, and for the benefit of, partners with whom we have established prior working relationships: 3 policy reports, a policy seminar, and an updated website with user forum (for more details, see under 'Outputs').We will gauge the impact of our activities by requesting regular feedback from our partners. We will ensure that our relationships with them are sustained through knowledge exchange initiatives, via the RCUK's Global Uncertainties network and our online discussion forum, and by generating collaborative research proposals with their involvement.