Does the Media Encourage Islamphobia?
Does the British Media Encourage Islamophobia? How Do Texts Such As Citizen Khan & Four Lions Fit Into The Post-9/11 Media Landscape?
The words that come to mind when brainstorming Islam or Muslim most americans had given were accoiciated with violence : Osama Bin laden, 9/11, Suicide bombers, jihad, veiling, islamic laws, saudi arabia, iraq, iran and muhammed ali. (1)
It's 2013 and muslims are still being represented as terrorists, the headscarf is a symbol of threat to the western world. The British media is good at making small issues into breaking news headline, making the topic of the water cooler "did you hear what them muslim men done the other day?"
1) Peter Gottschalk: Islamophobia, Making Muslims the Enemy
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