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Section I. Engagement In Social Dynamics -- Chapter 1. Muslim Political Agency In British Politics -- Chapter 2. Believing And Belonging: Media Representations Of Islam And Muslims In Britain And Its Relationship To British Civil Religion -- Chapter 3. Politics, Public Relations And Islam In The UK Public Sphere -- Chapter 4. Social Representations And The Threat To Worldview: A Socio-Psychological Perspective On Islamophobia -- Chapter 5. Creating Shia Spaces In British Society: The Role Of Transnational Twelver Shia Networks In North-West London -- Section II. Expressions Of Personal Identity -- Chapter 6. British Muslims, Music And Religious Authority: The Contested Ground Of Discourse And Praxis -- Chapter 7. Civilising Attempts In Art And Islam: Muslim Artistic Performance Facing Social Orders In The UK -- Chapter 8. Challenging Terrorist Ideologies Through Education -- Chapter 9. The Agency Of Muslim Women As Mothers And Mothered -- Chapter 10. Online Dating For British Muslims, And The Relationship With Their Islamic Identities.

Inspired by the apparent overtly negative coverage of Islam and Muslims by the mainstream press, this book explores the ways depictions of Muslims and Islam in the News inform the thoughts and actions of non-Muslims. The data reveals personal stories that point towards the normativity of news stories and their negotiated reception patterns. Individual orientations towards the media as a primary information source proved to be a significant factor behind the importance of news reports, with individually negotiated personal encounters with Muslims or Islam further affecting the meaning-making process. This research clearly shows that participant responses are (re) productions of local and personal contextuality, where the consequences of socially constructed depictions of Islam and Muslims engage rather than influence individual human thoughts and actions.