'Muslims in the European Mediascape' Research Project 

The 'Muslims in the European Mediascape' Research Project is conducted in partnership with the Vodafone Foundation Germany and the British Council, and explores the complexity of media use in an ever-more diverse Europe. The research takes an in-depth look at identifying relationships between social cohesion and trends in the use and production of media in view of key variables, including socio-economic background, education, gender, ethnicity, religion, generation, personal and private inter-cultural relationships and age.

Having begun in February 2010, this three-year project, which is looking to include over 1000 interviews with Muslims and non-Muslims in France, the UK and Germany, will also investigate diversity of media production and programming and its relationship to inter-community attitudes.

For more on the project and to view the database of Muslim media in Europe, click here.

Publications

Muslims in the European Mediascape: Discussion Paper

Dr Monika Metykova, December 2010

The first in a series of papers for the 'Muslims in the European Mediascape' research project, conducted in partnership with the British Council's Our Shared Europe Project and the Vodafone Foundation, Germany.

Muslims in the European Mediascape: Integration and Social Cohesion Dynamics 

M100 Colloquium, September 2009

Based on interviews in Germany, France and the UK, this research explores both patterns of media consumption amongst European Muslims and the portrayal of Muslims within mainstream European media. Its findings served as the basis for discussions at the 2009 M100 Sanssouci Colloquium.