Arabs And Muslims In The Media

Author : Evelyn Alsultany
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814707319

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Arabs and Muslims in the Media by Evelyn Alsultany Pdf

After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of “the enemy” during the War on Terror. Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new standard in racial and cultural representations emerged out of the multicultural movement of the 1990s that involves balancing a negative representation with a positive one, what she refers to as “simplified complex representations.” This has meant that if the storyline of a TV drama or film represents an Arab or Muslim as a terrorist, then the storyline also includes a “positive” representation of an Arab, Muslim, Arab American, or Muslim American to offset the potential stereotype. Analyzing how TV dramas such as The Practice, 24, Law and Order, NYPD Blue, and Sleeper Cell, news-reporting, and non-profit advertising have represented Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and Muslim Americans during the War on Terror, this book demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping and how even seemingly positive images can produce meanings that can justify exclusion and inequality.

Author : Evelyn Alsultany
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780814738146

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Arabs and Muslims in the Media by Evelyn Alsultany Pdf

After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of “the enemy” during the War on Terror. Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new standard in racial and cultural representations emerged out of the multicultural movement of the 1990s that involves balancing a negative representation with a positive one, what she refers to as “simplified complex representations.” This has meant that if the storyline of a TV drama or film represents an Arab or Muslim as a terrorist, then the storyline also includes a “positive” representation of an Arab, Muslim, Arab American, or Muslim American to offset the potential stereotype. Analyzing how TV dramas such as The Practice, 24, Law and Order, NYPD Blue, and Sleeper Cell, news-reporting, and non-profit advertising have represented Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and Muslim Americans during the War on Terror, this book demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping and how even seemingly positive images can produce meanings that can justify exclusion and inequality.

Author : Daniel Wijnans
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783668202788

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The Representation of Muslims in the Media by Daniel Wijnans Pdf

The Media can problematize, marginalize, exclude or sterotype social groups. This is often done by writing or speaking negatively about other social groups through text or talk. The purpose of this study is to linguistically examine the creation of a stereotyped image of Muslims through priming and framing in the media. Hence, this study explores if a stereotyped image of Muslims was identified in Dutch and British mainstream newspapers –De Volkskrant, Trouw, NRC, De Telegraaf, The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Telegraph and the Sun– in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Theo van Gogh in 2004, the 7/7 attacks in 2005 and the Charlie Hebdo attack 2015. In this way, this study is primarily occupied with; (1) if a stereotyped image of Muslims is created through language; (2) the agenda setting of Muslims; (3) the language used by journalists to describe Muslims in response to terrorist attacks at home or abroad. The analysis of language in the newspapers is conducted from a critical discourse analysis perspective and is done for both countries separately. The analysis of Dutch newspapers provides more evidence of stereotyped frames compared to the UK but there is not enough evidence to claim that any of the eight newspapers created a stereotyped image of Muslims in the aftermath of the studied terrorist attacks. Includes: - Priming Theory; - Agenda Setting Theory; - Framing Theory; - Critical Discourse Analytics; - Priming of Muslims in Newspapers; - Framing of Muslims in Newspapers

Author : At̤har Fārūqī
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210623646

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Muslims and Media Images by At̤har Fārūqī Pdf

With reference to India.

Author : Elizabeth Poole,John E. Richardson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857714961

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Muslims and the News Media by Elizabeth Poole,John E. Richardson Pdf

This urgently relevant book examines both the role and representations of Muslims in the news media, particularly within a climate of threat, fear and misunderstanding. Written by both leading academic authorities and by Muslim media practitioners, "Muslims and the Media" is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international contexts. The book clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and audiences thus reflecting the entire cycle of the communication process and revealing the ways in which meaning is produced and reproduced in the news media. Looking closely at the circumstances and politics surrounding the representation of Muslims across a wide range of journalistic genres, at the presence and influence of Muslims in the processes of news production, and the ways in which audiences, both Muslim and non-Muslim, consume this media, the book brings together coherently a wide range of perspectives to provide crucial insights into the representation - and misrepresentation - of Islam and Muslims today. Accessibly written for students and indispensable for practitioners, it will also provide a broader audience with a lively understanding of ever more critical political and media issues.

Author : Silke Schmidt
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839429150

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(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim by Silke Schmidt Pdf

Media depictions of Arabs and Muslims continue to be framed by images of camels, belly dancers, and dagger-wearing terrorists. But do only Hollywood movies and TV news have the power to frame public discourse? This interdisciplinary study transfers media framing theory to literary studies to show how life writing (re-)frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies »West of Kabul, East of New York«, »Letters from Cairo«, and »Howling in Mesopotamia« makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory.

Author : Jack G. Shaheen
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781623710064

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Reel Bad Arabs by Jack G. Shaheen Pdf

A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema’s earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing "evil" Arabs Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that "Arab" has remained Hollywood’s shameless shorthand for "bad guy," long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. In this comprehensive study of over one thousand films, arranged alphabetically in such chapters as "Villains," "Sheikhs," "Cameos," and "Cliffhangers," Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1—brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood’s defamation of Arabs.

Author : Jenna Hennebry,Bessma Momani
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774824408

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Targeted Transnationals by Jenna Hennebry,Bessma Momani Pdf

Following 9/11, the securitization of state practices and policies has chipped away at the citizenship and personal rights of all Canadians, particularly those of Arab descent. This book argues that in a securitized global context and through racialized immigration and security policies, Arab Canadians have become "targeted transnationals." Media representations have further legitimized their homogenization and racialization. The contributors to this book examine state practices towards, and media representations of, Arab Canadians. They also present voices that counter the dominant discourse and trace forms of community resistance to the racialization of Arab Canadians.

Author : Alexander Strzyzewski
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783656464235

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Islamophobia in the american literature and Culture post 9/11 by Alexander Strzyzewski Pdf

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: America is undoubtedly one of the biggest players in international politics and foreign affairs. Its military involvement in the Fight for Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost America much international reputation though. In a poll, conducted by The BBC in 2007, America was ranked fourth in the list of the most unpopular countries in the world, with worldviews continuing to worsen. Only Israel, Iran and North Korea turned out to have an even worse reputation in the public eye. But how come? America has always pictured itself as the pioneer of freedom, the beacon of human rights and the figurehead of righteousness and humanity in the fight against al-Qaida. However, this freedom and the human rights that America proclaims to stand for have slowly been falling apart since 9/11. The image of the American dream or the city upon a hill is crumbling under the weight of America’s foreign policies, post-9/11 law enforcement and public scaremongering of people perceived Arab. These circumstances raise a significant question: Where does America’s fear and hatred toward Islam (Islamophobia) come from? As a matter of fact, after 9/11, America faced an increasing trend towards Islamophobia and otherization of Muslim and Arab American, which is still ongoing. Statics show that in the months following 9/11 hate crimes against Muslims and people perceived to be Arab increased to 40 times their pre-9/11 number. Public and workplace discrimination against Muslims had already quadrupled a year after 9/11. The scaremongering of Arabs as the “terrorist among us” was also greatly fueled by media representations and new laws, such as the USA PATRIOT ACT that legalized interventions with civil law of alleged Arabs and Arab-Americans and thus legitimized public racism. The fear of Islam led to discrimination, otherization a random detentions and deportations of many Arabs and Muslims. This public hysteria, fueled by propagandist media representation, increased the already pre-existing negative stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims.

Author : H. Rane,J. Ewart,John Martinkus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137334831

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Media Framing of the Muslim World by H. Rane,J. Ewart,John Martinkus Pdf

Media Framing of the Muslim World examines and explains how news about Islam and the Muslim world is produced and consumed, and how it impacts on relations between Islam and the West. The authors cover key issues in this relationship including the reporting on war and conflict, terrorism, asylum seekers and the Arab Spring.

Author : Brigitte Lebens Nacos,Oscar Torres-Reyna
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742539830

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Fueling Our Fears by Brigitte Lebens Nacos,Oscar Torres-Reyna Pdf

After September 11, many in the American public and media zeroed in on Muslims in America and the world, irresponsibly linking_intentionally or not_Muslims at large with terrorism. This well-researched book explores this focus and its implications. At the same time, the authors do not leave out the opinion of Muslim Americans, exploring their views about the American media and its influence, their attitudes toward non-Muslim Americans and, just as important, their opinions on postD9/11 U.S. counterterrorist policies and practices. This book not only serves students and scholars in the fields of Middle East studies, media studies, and international communication but is also an enlightening read to anyone interested in mainstream America's perception of Muslims.

Author : Kai Hafez
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048547494

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Islam and the West in the Mass Media by Kai Hafez Pdf

A contribution to understanding how the Western media have interpreted and misinterpreted Islam, the Arab world and the countries of the contemporary Middle East.

Author : Edmund Ghareeb
Publisher : American-Arab Affairs
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015058016059

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Split Vision by Edmund Ghareeb Pdf

Author : Mamoun Fandy
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437904567

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Arab Media by Mamoun Fandy Pdf

In March 2004, the U.S. Institute of Peace organized a six-month workshop series, as part of its Muslim World Initiative, to analyze the role of Arab media in shaping the information environment that encourages popular hostility in the region toward the West, particularly the U.S. The overarching objective of the series was to complement the many U.S. public diplomacy projects directed toward diffusing Muslim, particularly Arab, resentment toward the U.S. The series examined the primary media sources of information, perceptions, and opinions among Arab populations -- ostensibly the most hostile, perhaps the most misunderstood, and certainly the most oppressed populations in the Muslim world.

Author : Evelyn Alsultany,Ella Habiba Shohat
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472069446

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Between the Middle East and the Americas by Evelyn Alsultany,Ella Habiba Shohat Pdf

Perceptions of the Middle East in conflicting discourses from North America, South America, and Europe