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Welcome to the website for the Knight Chair in Media and Religion. Our goal is to serve as a resource for journalists, including journalism educators and students seeking new models for covering politics, science, sex and gender among other key issues for the 21st century. Read more about our site here.
To ease your navigation, here is a quick reference:
the GET: Links to web-based resources
the SCOOP: Read Diane Winston's blog
the STORY: Exemplary articles
the HEADLINES: USC Knight Chair events
the CLASSROOM: Teaching resources |
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| Wednesday July 16th, 2008 |
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The most interesting finding in a new survey of media coverage of religion in the primary campaign didn't have anything to do with Muslims, Mormons or mainline Protestants.
Rather it was the predominance of "horse-race" coverage. When researchers at the Project for Excellence in Journalism reviewed16 months of primary campaign coverage across media platforms, they discovered few stories on the foreign policy issues (2.6%), fewer on race and gender (2.1%) and fewest on religion (1.9%). The largest chunk of reporting, 81%, was about strategy, handicapping and who did what to whom.
This triumph of style over substance isn't a surprise but it helps explain why the country is in such a mess. Iraq, the current mortgage crisis, violations of human right at Gitmo? All of these can be explained, at least in part, by the public's short attention span. WMDs? Invade Iraq. Ridiculously easy credit? Buy a McMansion. Worried about heavily-bearded men? Do like Jack Bauer. ... read more |
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| Wednesday September 10th, 2008 |
| The religious and ethical ramifications of 9/11 are evident in multiple cultural sites, not least of all broadcast television. In recent years, a surprising number of popular dramatic series have grap ... read more | | | |
| Thursday September 11th, 2008 |
On September 11-12, the Knight Chair in Media and Religion will hold a two day conference on Television and Lived Religion, examining gender, race and ethnicity, spirituality and genre.
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| Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 |
| The religious and ethical ramifications of 9/11 are evident in multiple cultural sites, not least of all broadcast television. In recent years, a surprising number of popular dramatic series have gr ... read more | | |
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| Monday April 28th, 2008 |
| Join us for a Knight Chair "Pizza and a Movie" night! Welcome to a conversation between two old friends. Welcome to a real conversation about the things that divide and unite all of us: our memories, ... read more | | |
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| Wednesday July 16th, 2008 |
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Project for Excellence in Journalism's Running on Faith report
The New Yorker, July 21, 2008
The New Yorker, March 17, 2008
"Finding His Faith," Newsweek, July 21, 2008
"Making It", The New Yorker, July 21, 2008
The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield
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