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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND JOURNALISM The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, challenges, past and present global issues and debates in this exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, this volume comprises over 25 chapters by a team of international contributors. This Handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: • Theoretical Reflections • Power and Authority • Conflict, Radicalization and Populism • Dialogue and Peacebuilding • Trends Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, including religious and secular press; ethics; globalization; gender; datafication; differentiation; journalistic religious literacy; race and religious extremism. This volume is essential reading for students and researchers in journalism and religious studies. This Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology, communication studies, media studies and area studies. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler is professor of Religious Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. Xenia Zeiler is associate professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOKS IN RELIGION THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MUSLIM–JEWISH RELATIONS Edited by Josef Meri THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGIOUS NATURALISM Edited by Donald A. Crosby and Jerome A. Stone THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE Edited by Candi K. Cann THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND ANIMAL ETHICS Edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF MORMONISM AND GENDER Edited by Amy Hoyt and Taylor G. Petry THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ISLAM AND GENDER Edited by Justine Howe THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND JOURNALISM Edited by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/ Routledge-Handbooks-in-Religion/book-series/RHR THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND JOURNALISM Edited by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Radde-Antweiler, Kerstin, editor. | Zeiler, Xenia, editor. Title: The Routledge handbook of religion and journalism / edited by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler. Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Routledge handbooks in religion | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020021200 | ISBN 9781138304963 (hbk) | ISBN 9780203731420 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Religion and the press. Classification: LCC PN4756 .R68 2020 | DDC 070.4/492—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020021200 ISBN: 978-1-138–30496-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203–73142-0 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by codeMantra CONTENTS List of figures ix List of tables x List of contributors xi Introduction 1 1 Religion and journalism: a global view 3 Xenia Zeiler and Kerstin Radde-Antweiler PART 1 Theoretical reflections 15 2 Reporting refugees: the theory and practice of developing journalistic religious literacy 17 Jolyon Mitchell and Sara Afshari 3 Religion and journalism under secularization 31 Henrik Reintoft Christensen 4 The role and function of journalism for religious organizations 46 Tim Hutchings 5 Gender, religion and the press in Scandinavia 62 Mia Lövheim v Contents PART 2 Power and authority 77 6 Race, religion and the news: the Reagan administration and the fairness issue 79 Diane Winston 7 The negotiation of religious authorities in European journalism 95 Teemu Taira 8 From good press to fake news: who’s got the word? Religion, authority and journalism in Brazil 109 Karina Kosicki Bellotti 9 Asian mass media: a pillar of religious authority? 122 Yoel Cohen 10 Religion and journalism in Ghanaian news media 136 J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu 11 Religion, gender and news media in Africa 151 Katrien Pype PART 3 Conflict, radicalization and populism 167 12 Reporting the divided soul of the nation: religion and politics in American news media 169 D. Ashley Campbell 13 Media visibility of religion and conflict in the digital age 186 Tanja Maier 14 Gender, religion and new medias in Latin America 199 Kelber Pereira Gonçalves 15 Shukura: gratitude, faith and the unlikely relationship between gender, religion and journalism in Brazil 214 Priscila Vieira-Souza and Andréia Coutinho Louback 16 Journalism and the rise of Hindu extremism: reporting religion in a post-truth era 232 Pradip Thomas vi Contents 17 Radical others and ethical selves: religion in African journalism 245 Jennifer Hasty PART 4 Dialogue and peacebuilding 261 18 Ethics, religion and journalism in the USA: their roles within political dialogue and the peacemaking process 263 Doug Underwood 19 Peace- versus conflict-journalism in Poland: representation of Islam, Muslims and refugees by progressive and right-wing Polish media 279 Anna Piela 20 Journalism, religious intolerance and violence in Brazil 296 Magali do Nascimento Cunha 21 Reporting religions with Chinese characteristics: sinicizing religious faith, securitizing news media 311 Wai-Yip Ho 22 Religious peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: the role of the printing press 323 Joram Tarusarira and Admire Mare 23 (De-)differentiation and religion in digital news 337 Johanna M. Sumiala PART 5 Trends 351 24 Differentiation: when more sometimes means less 353 Joyce Smith 25 Globalization as a trend for journalism: researchers’ perspectives 366 Liane Rothenberger and Cornelius B. Pratt 26 Religion and journalism in a globalized world: a journalist’s perspective 382 Paul Chaffee vii Contents 27 Religious datafication: platforms, practices and power 397 Pauline Hope Cheong 28 Datafication as a trend for journalism: a journalist’s perspective 411 Andreas Mattsson Index 427 viii FIGURES 15.1 Illustration of intersectionality (Crenshaw 2002) 220 15.2 Caribbean and Latin America journalists by sex (GMMP 2015b, 2015c) 222 15.3 Brazilian journalists (Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC); National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), 2012) 223 15.4 Brazilian journalists by race (Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC); National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), 2012) 223 15.5 Journalists X population by religious groups (The Trust Project 2017; Demographic Census Atlas (IBGE), 2010) 224 25.1 Phase model illustrating (periodical) apogees and paradigm affiliations of globalization theories 371 28.1 Screenshot from the TED talk with Hans Rosling entitled “Religion and Babies” (2012) 416 ix