Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Climate of Muslim American Hostility
- 2 Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
- 3 Introducing the “Muslim American Resentment” Scale
- 4 Muslim American Prospects for Political Incorporation
- 5 The News Media’s Portrayals of Muslim Americans
- 6 Improving Mass Attitudes: The Media’s Role in Shaping Group Attitudes and Policy Preferences
- 7 Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
- 8 The Flipside: Muslim American Experiences of Discrimination
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - The News Media’s Portrayals of Muslim Americans
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Climate of Muslim American Hostility
- 2 Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
- 3 Introducing the “Muslim American Resentment” Scale
- 4 Muslim American Prospects for Political Incorporation
- 5 The News Media’s Portrayals of Muslim Americans
- 6 Improving Mass Attitudes: The Media’s Role in Shaping Group Attitudes and Policy Preferences
- 7 Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
- 8 The Flipside: Muslim American Experiences of Discrimination
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Because public opinion surveys about Muslim Americans prior to 9/11 are rare, the fifth chapter turns to the news media as a vital lens in assessing how Muslims and Muslim Americans have been communicated to the general public since 1992. The volume of news coverage of a racialized group signifies that group’s salience at a given point in time, while the sentiment of such coverage can signal how Muslim Americans are being communicated to – and perhaps even perceived by – the mass public. Overall, the results demonstrate that media coverage of Muslims and Muslim Americans is broadly negative and has worsened over time.
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- Outsiders at HomeThe Politics of American Islamophobia, pp. 86 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020