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Pope Francis, Atheists and Tweeting, oh my!

March 20, 2014 by Debra Mason

Join the Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association for an evening of Religion News Service guest lectures on current journalism topics including the popularity of Pope Francis, how social media is utilized to cover religion and how the media covers non-faith. There will be a reception with free pizza as well. If you are unable to attend in person, use http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mizzourna-symposium-2014 to watch the event live streamed.

Date/Time: 4:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 2

Location: Tucker Forum

Cost: Free

For more information: Check out the event’s Facebook page for a more detailed schedule and contact information for the Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association.

Filed Under: Communication, Events, Events 2013-2014, Journalism and media, Professional associations and faith groups, Religion

Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association meeting

April 2, 2013 by Debra Mason

Join the Mizzou Religion Newswriters Association, a new campus organization that began just this February, for its first post-Spring Break meeting! Be sure to like the group’s Facebook page.

Time/Date: 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18

Location: Tucker Forum, Gannett Hall

Cost: Free

Filed Under: Communication, Events, Events 2012-2013, Journalism and media, Professional associations and faith groups, Religion

Computers: Professional associations and faith groups

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Affiliation of Christian Engineers
  • American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin
  • Affiliation of Christian Engineers
  • Association of Christians in Mathematical Sciences
  • Christian Engineering Society
  • International Muslim Association of Scientists & Engineers
  • Jewish High Tech Community

Filed Under: Communication, Professional associations and faith groups

Communication: Codes of ethics

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Public Relations Society of America – Member Code of Ethics
  • American Marketing Association – Code of Ethics
  • American Advertising Federation – Advertising Ethics and Principles
  • Society of Professional Journalists – Code of Ethics
  • Committee of Concerned Journalists – Online Journalism Ethics
  • American Society of News Editors – Mission Statement
  • Project for Excellence in Journalism – Ethics Codes
  • Associated Press Managing Editors’ Ethics
  • International Communication Association – Ethics Statement
  • National Communication Association – Code of Professional Ethics

Filed Under: Codes of ethics, Communication

Communication: Professional associations and faith groups

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America
  • Catholic Writers Online
  • Christian Writers’ Group
  • Islamic Media Foundation
  • Media Fellowship International
  • Odyssey Networks
  • National Communication Association’s Spiritual Communication Division and its blog Spirited Discussions
  • Professional Association for Christian Writers
  • Religious Communication Association
  • Religion Communicators Council
  • Women in Christian Media
  • World Association for Christian Communication

Filed Under: Communication, Professional associations and faith groups

Communication: Syllabi

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Religion, Media and Hollywood. University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication. Diane Winston.

Filed Under: Communication, Syllabi

Communication: Recent research

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Meyer, Birgit. “Religious Revelation, Secrecy and the Limits of Visual Representation.” Anthropological Theory. 6, no. 4 (2006): 431-53.
  • Dumanig, Francisco Perlas, Maya Khemlani David and Ceasar Dewalis. “Conversion narratives and construction of identity among Christians in Malaysia.” Multilingua. 30, no. 3/4 (2011): 319-31.
  • Eisenlohr, Patrick. “Media authenticity and authority in Mauritius: On the mediality of language in religion.” Language & Communication. Vol. 31, No. 3 (July 2011): 266-73.

Filed Under: Communication, Recent research

Communication: Journals

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Journal of Media & Religion
  • Religion & American Culture
  • Journal of Religion and Communication

Filed Under: Communication, Journals

Communication: Articles

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • “New Media and Religion: Observations on Research,” by Kyong Cho. Communication Research Trends. 30, no. 1 (2011): 4-22.
  • “Religion, Communication, and Social Capital,” by Matthew Nisbet, Patricia Moy and Dietram Scheufele. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003
  • “Religious Revelation, Secrecy and the Limits of Visual Representation.” Anthropological Theory. 6, no. 4 (2006): 431-53.
  • “Fatwa on the Bunny” by Fred. Vultee. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 30, no. 4 (2006): 319-36.
  • “The Narrative Quality of Experience” by Steven Crites. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, September 1971.
  • “Nine students exploring possible careers in religion communication this year, thanks to the Religion Communicators Council” by Douglas F. Cannon, RCC President
  • “Religion and communication: can ads help the image of Islam? Interview with Michael Hastings Black” by Patrick Haenni. Religioscope, Nov. 21, 2008
  • “Pathways to Political Participation? Religion, Communication Contexts, and Mass Media.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research 15:300-324 (2003).
  • “Frameworks for studying media and religion” by Paul A. Soukup. Communication Research Trends, June 22, 2002.
  • “Cross-cultural perspectives on religion and computer-mediated communication” by C. Ess. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(3)(2007)
  • “Online for the faithful” by Darren Osborne. The Courier Mail (Australia), April 2, 2008.
  • “Communicating the Hamas Message: Strategy, Tactics, Channels and Effectiveness” by< Al-Bawaba Reporters. Comtex News Network, Inc., Aug. 14, 2007.

Filed Under: Articles, Communication

Communication: Books

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. Daniel Stout (ed.). Routledge, 2006.
  • Religion and Communication: A Selected, Annotated Basic Bibliography. Eugene D. Tate and Kathleen McConnell. Speech Communication Association, 1988
  • Symbols for communication: an introduction to the anthropological study of religion. J van Baal. Van Gorcum, 1971.
  • Rethinking media, religion, and culture. Stewart M. Hoover and Knut Lundby. Sage, 1997.
  • The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Wolfgang Donsbach (ed.). Chapter on “Religion and Popular Communication” by Jon Radwan. Columbia University Press, 2000.
  • Religion and media. Hent de Vries and Samuel Weber. Stanford University Press, 2001.
  • Religion, morality and communication between peoples. George F. McLean, Heinz Holley, John A. Kromkowski and Robert R. Magliola. CRVP, 2004.
  • Foundations of Religious Tolerance. Jay Newman. University of Toronto Press, 1982.
  • Media, religion and democratic participation: community communication in Zimbabwe and Norway. Knut Lundby. Sage Publications, Inc. 1997.
  • Believers and Beliefs: A Practical Guide to Religious Etiquette for Business and Social Occasions by Gayle Colquitt White (Berkeley Trade, 1997).
  • How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida (editors) (Woodstock, Vermont: Skylight Paths Publishing, 2003).
  • Blind Spot: When Journalists Don’t Get Religion by Paul Marshall, Lela Gilbert, and Roberta Green-Ahmanson (United States: Oxford University Press, 2008).
  • Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public Discourse by Steward M Hoover (Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, 1998).
  • Marketing in a Multicultural World: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cultural Identity. Janeen Arnold Costa. Sage Publications, Inc., 1995.
  • Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media by John Dart and Jimmy Allen (Nashville, Tennessee, First Amendment Center, 2000).
  • A Guide to Religion Reporting in the Secular Media: Frequently Asked Questions by Debra L Mason and Cecile S. Holmes (editors) (Westerville, Ohio: Religion Newswriters Foundation, 2002).
  • Dieties and Deadlines: A Primer on News Coverage by John Dart (Nashville, Tennessee: First Amendment Center, 1998).
  • Islam: Reporting in Context and With Complexity. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Vol. 61 No. 2. Summer 2007.

Filed Under: Books, Communication

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