Religion and Prime Time Television

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Michael Suman

ISBN: 0-275-96034-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96034-6

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192 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/1997

List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £73.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Description: How is religion portrayed on prime time entertainment television and what effect does this have on our society? This book brings together the opinions of all the important factions involved in this important public policy debate, including religious figures (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Freethinkers—liberal and conservative), academics, media critics and journalists, and representatives of the entertainment industry. The debate provides contrasting views on how much and what type of religion should be on entertainment television and what relationship this has with the health of our society. Many contributors also offer strategies for how to reform the present situation. This is an important work that delineates the debate for the layperson as well as researchers, scholars, and policymakers.

Table of Contents:

Conference Speeches by Religious Figures
It Is Time to End Religious Bigotry by Donald E. Wildmon
Why Not More Programs Like "The Waltons"? by John Patrick Foley
Tuning In to Common Concerns: An Invitation from the Churches to the Media Industry by Joan Brown Campbell
Articles by Religious Leaders
God Taboo in Prime Time? by Ellwood Kieser
Unbelievers and Prime Time Television by Dan Barker
On Bringing the Religious and Television Communities Together by A. James Rudin
The Buddhist Perspective on Television Programming by Havanpola Ratanasara
Articles by Academics
What You See Is What You Get: Religion on Prime Time Fiction Television by Margaret R. Miles
Reflections on Culture Wars: Churches, Communication Content, and Consequences by Judith M. Buddenbaum
Blurred Boundaries: Religion and Prime Time Television by Wade Clark Roof
Do We Really Need More Religion on Fiction Television? by Michael Suman
Reel Arabs and Muslims by Jack G. Shaheen
Articles by Media Critics/Journalists
Religion and Prime Time Television by Thomas Plate
Hollywood Makes Room for Religion by Michael Medved
A Cacophony of Prime Time Religions? by Theodore Baehr
Articles by Industry Representatives
Religion, Revenue, and Ratings: Some Thoughts on Faith in Prime Time Television by Lionel Chetwynd
Ramblings on Why Things Are the Way They Are by Bob Gale
A Contrariant View of Religion and TV by Danny Goldberg
Addendum: In Response to Wildmon by Gabriel Rossman

About the Author: MICHAEL SUMAN is Research Director of the UCLA Center for Communication Policy and a member of the faculty of the UCLA Department of Communication Studies.

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