Religion and Media

This symposium will address questions related to religion in the media and examine some implications for advancing civil discourse and debate. Scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines will explore questions such as 1) how is religion represented in the media?, 2) how do these representations affect civil society and public discourse?, and 3) how do religious communities utilize media to advance their visions for society?

Monday, March 16th
UVU Clarke Building, Room 510

 

 

9:00 to
9:50 a.m.

CB-510

"first amendment, religion, and media" 

toward a code of ethics for
journalistic and public discourse


Joel Campbell
Associate Teaching Professor,  Communication Studies
Brigham Young University

 

10:00 to
10:50 a.m.

CB-510

"digital Religion and Activism
in an Age of Algorithms and Polarization" 


Kristin Peterson
Associate Professor of Communication
Boston College

 

11:00 to
11:50 a.m.

CB-510

"What 'mormonland' delivers that other LDS  Podcasts do not "


Davd Noyes
Managing Editor, Salt Lake Tribune
Co-Host, Mormonland Podcast



"Bad Press or Public Service?" 

Navigating news coverage of Religion in the U.S.

 

Davd Scott
Professor of Communication, Utah Valley University
Editor, Journal of Media and Religion

 

12:00 to
12:50 p.m.

CB-510

Panel discussion 

 

Joel Campbell
Associate Teaching Professor,  Communication Studies
Brigham Young University

 

Kristin Peterson
Associate Professor of Communication
Boston College


Davd Noyes
Managing Editor, Salt Lake Tribune
Co-Host, Mormonland Podcast

 

Davd Scott
Professor of Communication, Utah Valley University
Editor, Journal of Media and Religion

 

pizza will be served

 

1:00 to
2:15 p.m.

invitation only

Student Workshop

"Religion, violence, and american civil society"  


John Carlson
Director, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Arizona State University

 

Biographical Information 

John Carlson is Director of Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict and associate professor of religious studies at Arizona State University.  His research explores how religious and moral inquiry informs and invigorates our understanding of political life. He has written on issues of war and peace, religion and violence, justice and human rights, and democracy and civic life. He is co-editor of, and contributor to, three books including From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America (California, 2012) and The Sacred and the Sovereign: Religion and International Politics (Georgetown, 2003).

 

Joel Campbell is a visiting associate professor in Communication at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He is a retired associate professor at Brigham Young University’s School of Communications, where he worked taught courses communications studies and journalism. He is the former head of the Religion and Media Interest Group of AEJMC and former Freedom of Information Chair for the National Society of Professional Journalists.  

 

David Noyce is Managing Editor at the Salt Lake Tribune where he has worked since 1984. He oversees coverage ranging from local government and west-side issues to growth, development and housing. In addition, he directs religion reporting, co-hosts the award-winning “Mormon Land” podcast with Peggy Fletcher Stack and writes the Mormon Land newsletter. 

 

Kristin Peterson is Associate Professor of Communication at Boston College where she teaches courses related to the intersections of media and religion. Her book, Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists (Rutgers, 2022), examines how digital spaces facilitate intersectional feminist activism within Evangelical Christian and Muslim American communities. She is a board member of the International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture, and member of the Board of Representatives for the Boston Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women & Sexuality. 

 

David Scott has studied the intersection of religion, media, and culture for over three decades. He research is published in numerous books and journals. Among them: Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, Journal of Media and Religion. He is currently the editor of Journal of Media and Religion.