Mediatised human rights education: the (challenging) role of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
The purpose of this article is to analyse and discuss Selma and the Quest for the Perfect Faith, a TV series made by The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and promoted for use in schools, and the accompanying teaching material about freedom of religion made by Save the Children. We discuss the ser...
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The purpose of this article is to analyse and discuss Selma and the Quest for the Perfect Faith, a TV series made by The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and promoted for use in schools, and the accompanying teaching material about freedom of religion made by Save the Children. We discuss the series and material critically from a human rights and a human rights education perspective, and evaluate their suitability for use in religious education. The article is informed by mediatisation theory and argues that freedom of religion is primarily operationalised in accordance with journalistic criteria for presenting religion, and that it does not sufficiently balance the rights of children and the liberty of parents. This is inconsistent with sound human rights education and highlights the need for critical awareness when operationalising educational material produced and distributed by media actors for use in the classroom.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8ca92f971034007933dc9b1acae7cac2022-12-22T02:22:38ZengOsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan UniversityHuman Rights Education Review2535-54062022-01-015110.7577/hrer.4451Mediatised human rights education: the (challenging) role of the Norwegian Broadcasting CorporationOle Henrik Borchgrevink Hansen0Audun Toft1Østfold University College, NorwayMF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway The purpose of this article is to analyse and discuss Selma and the Quest for the Perfect Faith, a TV series made by The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and promoted for use in schools, and the accompanying teaching material about freedom of religion made by Save the Children. We discuss the series and material critically from a human rights and a human rights education perspective, and evaluate their suitability for use in religious education. The article is informed by mediatisation theory and argues that freedom of religion is primarily operationalised in accordance with journalistic criteria for presenting religion, and that it does not sufficiently balance the rights of children and the liberty of parents. This is inconsistent with sound human rights education and highlights the need for critical awareness when operationalising educational material produced and distributed by media actors for use in the classroom. https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/human/article/view/4451 |
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| title | Mediatised human rights education: the (challenging) role of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
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| title_short | Mediatised human rights education: the (challenging) role of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
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