Preconference on
Religion, Politics, and Media: How Do We “Get Religion”
In Leftist Scholarship and Journalism?

ICA  Chicago

Thursday, May 21, 2009 Marriott Chicago
Los Angeles Room

9-11am: Round-table on media, religion, and politics
(with a focus on media and religion in the Obama election):

Presenters:

Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago
Randall Balmer, Barnard College
Robert Entman, George Washington University
Fred Fejes, Florida Atlantic University
Jacques Guyot, University of Paris 8

Stewart Hoover, Chair

11-12:45 lunch on your own

12:45-2:45: Round-table on “getting religion” in leftist scholarship and journalism

Presenters:

Horace Newcomb, Director, The Peabody Awards, University of Georgia
Diane Winston, The Annenberg School, University of Southern California
Rick Perlstein, Historian and Journalist
Andrea Press, University of Virginia
Stewart Hoover, University of Colorado
Robert Entman, Chair

2:45-3pm: Break

3-5pm: Panel featuring new and emerging scholarship:

Andrea Press, Chair

“What Does Indiana Jones Have to Say about Gender?:  Exploring the Impact and Resistance to Gender Identity in Evangelical Churches and Mainstream Media,” Ellen E. Moore, University of Illinois

“Priming Religion: The Effects of Religious Issues in News Coverage on Public Attitudes Towards European Integration,” Malte-Carlos Hinrichsen, University of Amsterdam.

 “Pope Benedict XVI on Religion in the Public Sphere,” César García, Central Washington University

‘Piety and Poverty: Conservative Religious Discourse on the Causes of Poverty,” Noam Schimmel, London School of Economics and Political Science

“New Media and Faith in the Obama and Palin Candidacies,” Kevin Healey, University of Illinois

Open discussion