Race & Ethnicity; Communication & Media
Media, Racism and Islamophobia: The Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Media
By , University of Sunderland (October 2007)
Sections: Race & Ethnicity, Communication & Media
Subjects: Sociology, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sociology of Culture and Media.
Abstract
This article examines the representation of Islam and Muslims in the British press. It suggests that British Muslims are portrayed as an ‘alien other’ within the media. It suggests that this misrepresenatation can be linked to the development of a ‘racism’, namely, Islamphobia that has its roots in cultural representations of the ‘other’. In order to develop this arguement, the article provies a summary/overview of how ethnic minorities have been represented in the British press and argues that the treatment of British Muslims and Islam follows these themes of ‘deviance’ and ‘un-Britishness’.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00039.x
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