edited by Joel Thierstein and Yahya R. Kamalipour ; foreword by Cees J. Hamelink.
Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2000.
xxiv, 242 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228) and index.
Journalism, advertising, and ethical issues. Professional ethics and sociopolitical mobilization of Muslim journalists : a study of communication, ethics, and the Islamic tradition / Hamid Mowlana -- Confucian conflicts in Singaporean advertising : a case study of the "wonder bra" campaign / Linda K. Fuller. Religion, politics, media, and human rights. When size does matter : how church size determines media coverage of religion / Michael J. Breen -- Transcultural communication and the antimony between freedom and religion : a comparison of media responses to the Rushdie affair in Germany and the Middle East / Kai Hafez -- Japanese media, religion, and the law / Dan Tinianow -- Economic liberalization and political conservatism as reflected in China's media development (1978-present) / Guo Ke -- Faith in human rights : human rights in faith / Nazila Ghanea-Hercock.
Perspectives on Eastern and Western religions. Historical perspectives on contemporary freedom in America / Ron Manuto -- Religion, religious expression, and the law in the European Union / Manny Paraschos -- Law and religious freedom in medieval China : state regulation of Buddhist communities / Tanya Storch. Press freedom in religious and secular societies. The problems of press freedom in Iran : from the constitutional revolution to the Islamic revolution / Kazem Motamed-Nejad and Naiim Badii -- The "monkey trial" in the land of the Bible : modern techniques of religious censorship--the case study of Israel / Yehiel Limor and Hillel Nossek -- Who speaks for China? : state control over the discourse on opium / Alan Baumler -- Pluralism and prior restraint on religious communication in Nigeria : policy versus praxis / Bala Musa -- Latvian legal and liturgical legacy : first transgressions and turmoil, then technology and tolerance / Riley Maynard.