TO ALL WHO EXPERIENCED TROUBLE ACCESSING JRFM in the last days ...:

We sincerely apologize for the downtime of our main server at www.jrfm.eu. Unfortunately, the php2shell vulnerability has hit us as well as thousands of other web services, and the IT department of our hosting university was pretty busy for a week to reestablish a trusted and safe environment. Good news: data integrity and accessibility are full restored now and we look forward publishing the next issue as planned on November 15th!

On behalf of the editorial team, Christian Wessely, tech contact

 

Discourses surrounding crime, punishment and justice are closely entangled with religious ideas and narratives while media function not only as echo chambers but are akin to co-authors of these discourses. Many religious traditions have spent great effort in painting mental and real images of acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and developing underlying ethical frameworks with their notions of good and evil. Furthermore, they have also provided concepts and language used in broader social or political discourses to understand crime or legitimize its punishment. The upcoming issue on “Religion – Media – Crime” aims to bring debates about religion, crime (and related notions like justice, innocence, good/evil), and the visual/communicative aspect together. Its focus is the exploration of the intersection – and sometimes perhaps even clash – of religion, media, and crime.