Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam
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Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam. / Hjarvard, Stig; Rosenfeldt, Mattias Pape.
Contesting Religion: The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia. ed. / Knut Lundby. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2018. p. 117-134.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam
AU - Hjarvard, Stig
AU - Rosenfeldt, Mattias Pape
PY - 2018/7/29
Y1 - 2018/7/29
N2 - The contentious public debates about Islam in Scandinavia may to some extent be characterized as an entrenched conflict, upheld by stereotypical framings and fixed rhetorical positions. This case study examines public service media’s ability to facilitate public debates that move beyond such ingrained positions. Through interviews with key professionals behind the TV documentary Rebellion from the Ghetto, we examine the strategies for generating public debate about cultural and religious problems. We furthermore analyse online and offline debates, with particular focus on the inclusion of minority voices and how framings of religion enter and influence the discussion. By consciously downplaying the role of ‘religion’ and framing conflicts in terms of personal experiences and universal themes, the documentary managed to set the scene for a debate in which young Muslims’ various experiences were given authority, thereby allowing the debate to transcend the usual ‘us-them’, ‘majority-minority’ framing of these issues.
AB - The contentious public debates about Islam in Scandinavia may to some extent be characterized as an entrenched conflict, upheld by stereotypical framings and fixed rhetorical positions. This case study examines public service media’s ability to facilitate public debates that move beyond such ingrained positions. Through interviews with key professionals behind the TV documentary Rebellion from the Ghetto, we examine the strategies for generating public debate about cultural and religious problems. We furthermore analyse online and offline debates, with particular focus on the inclusion of minority voices and how framings of religion enter and influence the discussion. By consciously downplaying the role of ‘religion’ and framing conflicts in terms of personal experiences and universal themes, the documentary managed to set the scene for a debate in which young Muslims’ various experiences were given authority, thereby allowing the debate to transcend the usual ‘us-them’, ‘majority-minority’ framing of these issues.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Online debate
KW - Facebook
KW - Diversity
KW - Voice
KW - Islam
KW - Immigration
KW - Contestations
U2 - 10.1515/9783110502060-012
DO - 10.1515/9783110502060-012
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-11-050171-1
SP - 117
EP - 134
BT - Contesting Religion
A2 - Lundby, Knut
PB - De Gruyter
CY - Berlin
ER -
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