THE IMAGE OF ISLAM IN ROMANIAN JOURNALISM. CASE STUDY: THE ASSAULTS ON THE ‘CHARLIE HEBDO’ MAGAZINE Cover Image

IMAGINEA ISLAMULUI ÎN PRESA ROMÂNEASCĂ. STUDIU DE CAZ: ATENTATELE ASUPRA ZIARULUI „CHARLIE HEBDO”
THE IMAGE OF ISLAM IN ROMANIAN JOURNALISM. CASE STUDY: THE ASSAULTS ON THE ‘CHARLIE HEBDO’ MAGAZINE

Author(s): Alexandru Gruian
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Aeternitas
Keywords: Islam; symbol; Romanian media; „Charlie Hebdo”;

Summary/Abstract: Determinant for different types of civilization, religions are based on symbols and generate symbols. The way of perceiving otherness also depends on the taking/editing/playback symbols by those coming from another civilizational space. The current Romanian type of culture - if we can talk about that - it is in a very large extent determined by the media: television, radio, newspapers, online media and social networking. If the event has reported having global relevance, stereotypes could be structured in time, based on the correct, simplistic or distorted interpretation of the symbol.In parallel we are witnesses of the streamlining border between the press (seen, schematically, as those practiced journalism with minimal specialized studies) and opinion (perfectly accessible through the media and social networking 2.0). The attacks on the „Charlie Hebdo” French journalists have raised debate about freedom of expression traced to the way it is played the religious symbol, seen as an archetype of civilization.We want to present the manner in which the relationship between the event and the symbol was played publicly in Romania by the local press, considering the relevant analysis in terms of subsequent reaction to the corpus of social and how to define the sense of belonging/ nonbelonging to a cultural/civilizational space. DOI: 10.29302/InImag.2015.6.16

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 219-237
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian