Religion on an Ordinary Day: An International Study of News Reporting (2021)
Journal Article
Poole, E., & Weng, E. (2021). Religion on an Ordinary Day: An International Study of News Reporting. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 165-178. https://doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10055

This article provides an introduction to an international study of religion on an ‘ordinary day’ in the news. Taking as its sample newspapers in the UK, Finland, Australia and Canada on 17 September in 2013, 2014 and 2015, the study aimed to provide... Read More about Religion on an Ordinary Day: An International Study of News Reporting.

Religion on an Ordinary Day in UK News: Christianity, Secularism and Diversity (2021)
Journal Article
Poole. (2021). Religion on an Ordinary Day in UK News: Christianity, Secularism and Diversity. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10043

This article examines representations of religion on an ordinary day in British newspapers, 17 September in 2013, 2014 and 2015, as part of an international comparative study. Taking as its sample The Times, the Metro and a local newspaper, the Manch... Read More about Religion on an Ordinary Day in UK News: Christianity, Secularism and Diversity.

Tactical interventions in online hate speech: The case of #stopIslam (2020)
Journal Article
Poole, E., De Quincey, E., & Giraud, E. (2020). Tactical interventions in online hate speech: The case of #stopIslam. New Media and Society, 23(6), 1415–1442. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820903319

This article sets out findings from a project focused on #stopIslam, a hashtag that gained prominence following the Brussels terror attack of 2016. We initially outline a big data analysis which shows how counter-narratives – criticizing #stopIslam –... Read More about Tactical interventions in online hate speech: The case of #stopIslam.

The case of Geert Wilders: Multiculturalism, Islam, and Identity in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
Poole. (2012). The case of Geert Wilders: Multiculturalism, Islam, and Identity in the UK. Journal of Religion in Europe, 162 - 191. https://doi.org/10.1163/187489212X639181

This article aims to show how in the current political climate in the UK debates about multiculturalism, religion, and identity, in relation to Muslims, have played out in the public sphere through an examination of British news media coverage of the... Read More about The case of Geert Wilders: Multiculturalism, Islam, and Identity in the UK.

Change and Continuity in the Representation of British Muslims Before and After 9/11: The UK Context (2011)
Journal Article
Poole. (2011). Change and Continuity in the Representation of British Muslims Before and After 9/11: The UK Context. Global Media Journal, 49 - 62

9/11 is often marked out as a significant event in the current political and
historical context in that it signalled a discernable shift to a new politics
categorised in specific “Western” countries by the “war on terror”. Through an
examination o... Read More about Change and Continuity in the Representation of British Muslims Before and After 9/11: The UK Context.