Mediating Islam: Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia

Janet Steele

Mediating Islam: Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Country
United States
Published
15 March 2018
Pages
183
ISBN
9780295742960

Mediating Islam: Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia

Janet Steele

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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.

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