Mediating Islam : cosmopolitan journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia / Janet Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Janet E., author.

Series:

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic press--Southeast Asia.

Islamic press.

Religious newspapers and periodicals--Southeast Asia.

Religious newspapers and periodicals.

Journalism--Southeast Asia.

Journalism.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

xi, 170 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

Summary:

Broadening an Overly Narrow definition of Islamic journalism, Janet Steele examines day-to-day reporting practices of Muslim professionals, from conservative scripturalists to pluralist cosmopolitans, at five exemplary news organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia. At Sabili, established as an underground publication, journalists are hired for their ability at dakwah, or Islamic propagation. At Tempo, a news magazine banned during the Soeharto regime and considered progressive, many see their work as a manifestation of worship, but the publication itself is not considered Islamic. At Harakah, reporters support an Islamic political party, while at Republika they practice a "journalism of the Prophet" and see Islam as a market niche. Other news organizations, too, such as Malaysiakini, employ Muslim journalists. Steele, a longtime scholar of the region, explores how these publications observe universal principles of journalism through an Islamic idiom. Book jacket.

Contents:

Sabili: scripturalist Islam

Republika: Islam as market niche

Harakah: political Islam

Malaysiakini: Islam in a secular context

Tempo: cosmopolitan Islam

Conclusion. the journalisms of Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Steele, Janet E., author. Mediating Islam

ISBN:

9780295742953

029574295X

9780295742960

0295742968

OCLC:

989123984