Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam

Stig Hjarvard; Mattias Pape Rosenfeldt

doi:10.1515/9783110502060-012

Planning Public Debate: Beyond Entrenched Controversies About Islam

Stig Hjarvard, Mattias Pape Rosenfeldt

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The contentious public debates about Islam in Scandinavia may to some extent be characterized as an entrenched conflict, upheld by stereotypical framings and fixed rhetorical positions. This case study examines public service media’s ability to facilitate public debates that move beyond such ingrained positions. Through interviews with key professionals behind the TV documentary Rebellion from the Ghetto, we examine the strategies for generating public debate about cultural and religious problems. We furthermore analyse online and offline debates, with particular focus on the inclusion of minority voices and how framings of religion enter and influence the discussion. By consciously downplaying the role of ‘religion’ and framing conflicts in terms of personal experiences and universal themes, the documentary managed to set the scene for a debate in which young Muslims’ various experiences were given authority, thereby allowing the debate to transcend the usual ‘us-them’, ‘majority-minority’ framing of these issues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contesting Religion : The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia
Editors	Knut Lundby
Number of pages	18
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	De Gruyter
Publication date	1 Jan 2018
Pages	117-134
Chapter	7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-11-050171-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-11-050206-0, 978-3-11-049891-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110502060-012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Faculty of Humanities
Online debate
Facebook
Diversity
Voice
Islam
Immigration
Contestations

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