ANT 326 - Islam and the Media

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Centre College

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Description:

This course asks how Muslim cultures and Islamic practice are represented on evening news broadcasts, talk radio and in popular film, and also how the Islamic world has itself been transformed by the advent of new media technologies. In its first half, the course explores how news and entertainment media in the U.S. and Europe have represented the Islamic world as well as Muslims at home and abroad, including the changing awareness of Islam in Western nations that followed the September 11 th attacks, and the subsequent U.S. 'war on terror. In its second half, the course explores the rise of mass media in the Islamic world, focusing on the powerful role that Arabic-language satellite TV channels have played in the ongoing Iraq war and in shaping perceptions of the West's confrontation with militant Islam. Attention is paid to the prominence of Islamic websites and Internet communication in subverting global media hierarchies. This course includes a three-day trip to Washington D.C. where students will tour the studios of U.S.-funded Al Hurra satellite television and speak with journalists from Arab-language news media.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.centre.edu

Phone Number:

(859) 238-5200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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