[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Muslim Media and the ‘War on Terror’

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Muslim Media and the ‘War on Terror’
Location:	United Kingdom
Call for Papers Date:	2006-04-15

Call for papers:

Muslim Media and the ‘War on Terror’**
6-7 July 2006
Department of Politics, University of Bristol


Although there has been considerable research, particularly since 
September 11,
on media representations of terrorism, the war on terror, anti-terrorist
security policy, Islam, and so on, these analyses overwhelmingly focus 
on the
mainstream Western press. In this workshop, and the edited book to issue 
from
it, we shift attention explicitly to the analysis of Muslim media and their
representations.

Papers are welcome on a wide range of topics relating to Muslim media* 
and the
‘war on terror’. We are particularly interested in studies 
of Muslim
media in the diaspora--in Europe, the United States, and 
elsewhere–-but
papers on media in ‘Muslim countries’ (those with Muslim 
traditions
in both the Arab and non-Arab world) or papers comparing Muslim and 
non-Muslim
media are also very welcome. Papers can focus on single countries, or make
comparisons between and among countries. We also encourage authors to 
consider
diverse forms of media--printed, televised, online–-or to compare and
contrast among them.

We hope that these papers will engender a wide-ranging discussion of the 
role of
Muslim media of all kinds in generating discourses about, and/or 
attitudes among
Muslims towards (among other things)

§ The contemporary war on terrorism
§ Its attendant anti-terrorist security policies
§ The nature of Muslim-non-Muslim relations
§ The status of Islam, in the countries of diaspora or in the Muslim world*
§ The relation of Islam to ‘the West’ or to terrorism
§ The implications of these representations for diverse Muslim communities


Central questions that might be asked include:

§ How do Muslim media, in the Muslim world or in the diaspora, represent the
terrorism, the war on terrorism, anti-terrorist security policies, and 
so on?
§ Do Muslim media in the diaspora represent these differently than media 
from
within the Muslim world?
§ How do Muslim media within the diaspora differ among themselves, 
across states
or across different media?
§ What effect do the representations in diverse Muslim media have on the
communities in which they are read or viewed?
* Authors are encouraged also to be critical of the concepts deployed in 
this
call for papers, including the notion of ‘Muslim media’ and the
‘Muslim world’ itself.


Gennaro Gervasio and Jutta Weldes
Department of Politics
University of Bristol
10 Priory Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1TU
UK

Email: g.gervasio@bris.ac.uk