Jihad and Cross-cultural Media: Osama Bin Laden as Reported in the Asian Press

Knight, AD

Jihad and Cross-cultural Media: Osama Bin Laden as Reported in the Asian Press

Knight, AD

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Publisher:: Auckland University of Technology, Pacific Media Centre
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Pacific Journalism Review, 2007, 8 (1), pp. 155 - 174
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Knight, AD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Pacific Journalism Review, 2007, 8 (1), pp. 155 - 174	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1023-9499	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14098
dc.description.abstract	n South-East and east Asia, terrorism is not new. A number of the region's nations have had to deal with full scale insurgencies of their own. The region contains a heady mix of core US allies, fledgling democracies and an emerging superpower. Many of these countries were themselves being challenged by militant Islamists. To what extent have regional journalists been influenced by American ideas and definitions in its 'war on terror'? This article considers how Osama bin Laden's media event was reported in the English language press of five Asian states: China (an authoritarian non-sectarian state with a flickering Muslim insurgency); Malaysia (a democratic multicultural society with an Islamic majority); the Philippines (a democratic former US protectorate with a Muslim insurgency); Singapore (a one-party city state, which has been targeted by al Qaeda offshoots); and Thailand (a never colonised democracy with a restive Muslim majority).	en_US
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology, Pacific Media Centre	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Pacific Journalism Review	en_US
dc.title	Jihad and Cross-cultural Media: Osama Bin Laden as Reported in the Asian Press	en_US
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Abstract:

n South-East and east Asia, terrorism is not new. A number of the region's nations have had to deal with full scale insurgencies of their own. The region contains a heady mix of core US allies, fledgling democracies and an emerging superpower. Many of these countries were themselves being challenged by militant Islamists. To what extent have regional journalists been influenced by American ideas and definitions in its 'war on terror'? This article considers how Osama bin Laden's media event was reported in the English language press of five Asian states: China (an authoritarian non-sectarian state with a flickering Muslim insurgency); Malaysia (a democratic multicultural society with an Islamic majority); the Philippines (a democratic former US protectorate with a Muslim insurgency); Singapore (a one-party city state, which has been targeted by al Qaeda offshoots); and Thailand (a never colonised democracy with a restive Muslim majority).

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