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Mum’s the Word...The Christian conservative press doesn’t have a lot to say about the recent roundup of marriage-minded gays in the United Arab Emirates. This is surprising, because the Christian conservative press usually has plenty to say about gay marriage.

Men, the media and sporting heroes...Part of Andy Warhol's maxim that, "In the future, everyone will be famous for at least 15 minutes", underscores the key role that the mass media play in constructing celebrities and heroes. In depicting sporting heroes, we can discern the pervasive media processes of 'symbolic annihilation' and 'symbolic glorification'.

Rethinking Recognition...Has the liberating charge of struggles for recognition dissolved into pure identity politics? Do these have to sidestep inequalities of wealth and power? Not, Nancy Fraser contends, if recognition is understood as a question of social status rather than existential address.