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Media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred: A longitudinal study of British newspaper and television representations and their reception

媒体对宗教和世俗神圣的描绘：对英国报纸和电视报道及其接受情况的纵向研究

基本信息

批准号：
AH/F009097/1
负责人：
Kim Knott
金额：
$ 29.45万
依托单位：
University of Leeds
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2008 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FF009097%2F1
关键词：
Media portrayals religion secular sacred

项目摘要

Unlike the subject of race in the media, which has been the focus of sustained academic interest, surprisingly little empirical research has been conducted in Britain on the media location and representation of religion. This is of particular concern given the potential importance of such research both for debates about the retreat and/or re-emergence of religion in public life, and for testing assumptions about media ignorance, neglect and bias regarding religion.Addressing the programme theme of 'Religion, media and the arts', in this two-year project we will undertake a content analysis of current portrayals of popular religion and the secular sacred in a selection of British newspapers and terrestrial TV channels in order (a) to examine the ways in which the media currently represent religious issues, beliefs and practices, and (b) to uncover and interpret the values and interests inherent in these representations and the voices that constitute them. This quantitative and qualitative analysis will be complemented by two related studies, of people's reception and experience of religion in the media, and of the media treatment of a widely reported event involving religion. Replicating the research design and methods employed in an 18-month empirical research project undertaken in the 1980s at the University of Leeds, the new project will in part constitute a 're-study'. Such a longitudinal approach will enable a comparative analysis of the two datasets to be conducted, and changes in the representation of religion and its reception interpreted in light of theoretical debates about secularization, resacralization and the changing relationship of religion and secularity. The project will go further, however, by employing analytical and theoretical approaches which draw on the recent work of the applicants, and by delivering practical and engaged as well as scholarly outcomes. Following the earlier study, the project will focus on four questions:(1) How are religion - both conventional and common - and the secular sacred portrayed in selected newspapers and on terrestrial television channels? In what types of coverage is religion represented? What key themes emerge, and how are they treated?(2) What does the portrayal of these themes reveal about the relationship between (a) religion and the media, and (b) religion and secularity?(3) How are media portrayals of religion received and experienced by their audiences in light of their own religious/secular interests and everyday media practices?(4) How do findings from the new research compare with those from the earlier study, and how can changes regarding the representation of religion and the secular sacred be explained with reference to historical developments and sociological theories?The research will be conducted by Kim Knott, researcher on the 1982 project who has worked recently on the location and representation of religion in various secular contexts, such as a school, medical centre, academic disciplines and urban landscapes; Elizabeth Poole, who has researched extensively on media representations of British Muslims; Robert Towler, the sociologist of religion who directed the 1982 project and until 2002 was Head of Research at the Independent Television Commission; an RA, Teemu Taira, with experience of researching religion in news media; and an Advisory Board of scholars and media practitioners.A co-authored monograph will be written drawing on material from both projects in the context of historical events and theoretical debates about the public re-emergence of religion and its relationship to secular worldview and context. In addition to two workshops, one for religion and media scholars, the other for journalists, religious correspondents and programme makers (in association with which a training pack will be developed), two information sessions will be held for community groups on how the media represent religion.

与媒体中的种族问题不同，这一直是学术界关注的焦点，令人惊讶的是，英国对媒体位置和宗教代表性的实证研究很少。这一点尤其令人关切，因为这类研究对关于宗教在公共生活中的消退和/或重新出现的辩论以及对检验媒体对宗教的无知、忽视和偏见的假设具有潜在的重要性。在这两个-在一个为期一年的项目中，我们将对英国报纸和地面电视频道中流行宗教和世俗神圣的当前描述进行内容分析目的是（a）审查媒体目前代表宗教问题、信仰和习俗的方式，（B）揭示和解释这些代表中固有的价值观和利益以及构成这些代表的声音。这一定量和定性分析将得到两项相关研究的补充，一项是关于人们在媒体中对宗教的接受和体验，另一项是关于媒体对广泛报道的涉及宗教的事件的处理。这项新的研究项目将复制1980年代在利兹大学进行的一项为期18个月的实证研究项目所采用的研究设计和方法，在一定程度上构成“重新研究”。这种纵向方法将使两个数据集的比较分析得以进行，并根据关于世俗化、重新宗教化以及宗教与世俗关系变化的理论辩论来解释宗教表现及其接受的变化。然而，该项目将更进一步，采用分析和理论方法，借鉴申请人最近的工作，并提供实用和参与以及学术成果。继先前的研究之后，该项目将侧重于四个问题：（1）宗教-传统的和普通的-以及世俗的神圣是如何在选定的报纸和地面电视频道中描绘的？在哪些类型的报道中有宗教的代表？出现了哪些关键主题，如何处理这些主题？(2)对这些主题的描绘揭示了（a）宗教与媒体，（B）宗教与世俗之间的什么关系？(3)媒体对宗教的描绘如何被受众根据其自身的宗教/世俗利益和日常媒体做法接受和体验？(4)新研究的结果如何与早期研究的结果进行比较，如何参照历史发展和社会学理论解释宗教和世俗神圣的表现形式的变化？这项研究将由1982年项目的研究员Kim Knott进行，他最近研究了宗教在各种世俗环境中的位置和表现，如学校、医疗中心、学科和城市景观; Elizabeth Poole广泛研究了英国穆斯林的媒体表现; Robert Towler，宗教社会学家，指导了1982年的项目，直到2002年一直担任独立电视委员会的研究负责人;和一个学者和媒体顾问委员会。一个共同撰写的专著将从两个项目的历史事件和理论辩论的背景下，对宗教的公众重新出现及其与世俗世界观和背景的关系绘制材料。除了为宗教和媒体学者、为记者、宗教记者和节目制作人举办的两个讲习班（将与之一起编制一套培训材料）之外，还将为社区团体举办两次关于媒体如何代表宗教的情况介绍会。