News Release 27 May, 2001
The 2001 Robinson Book Prize
The Canadian Communication Association is pleased to announce that it has awarded this years Robinson Book Prize to Dr. Karim H. Karim.
The award ceremony took place on May 27, 2001 at the Association's annual conference in Quebec City. The prize is presented to the author of what is judged to be the year's best Canadian book published in either English or French in the field of Communication Studies.
Dr. Karim receives the award for Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence, published by Black Rose Books of Montreal.
The book analyses the coverage in transnational media of a range of complex issues such as jihad and terrorism. Islamic Peril studies the role of the Muslim "rogue states" in the justifications in the U.S. government's development of the National Missile Defence strategy. The author also explores the failure of Muslims themselves in demystifying their own societies.
The Robinson Book Prize was established by Professor Gertrude J. Robinson. A jury chosen by the executive of the Canadian Communication Association judges the work based on criteria including originality, contributions to knowledge, and intellectual rigour. A field of fifty books was considered for the prize this year.
Dr. Karim is Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in international communication and other topics. Karim holds degrees in Communication and Islamic Studies from McGill and Columbia universities. He previously worked as a news agency correspondent.