Discourse On Religion

This has resulted in the public becoming active players in the media communication process. But has this changed the way the media influences our opinions since the beginning of the decade? in this case our understanding of Muslims and Islam as a part of Australian culture. It is evident people understand and interpret media presented to them by factors such as the education of the reader/viewer as well as their social and cultural background, however, the method in which the information is presented to them is also a considerable factor. An example of this is the editorial and presentation styles adopted by different media

Fox News Channel has been accused of playing to Americans' fears of Muslims. Others in media are criticized for assuming that all terrorist acts since 9/11 are committed by Muslim extremists, then acting surprised when the suspects in some violent acts, like the 2011 attack in Norway, turn out to be white and Christian.

Currently, the anti-Muslim and anti-immigration political party is gaining more and more support all over the world, making it the third largest political group worldwide under the pre-text that “It isn’t Islamophobia when they ARE trying to kill you (barenakedislam).” While activists spread misleading information about Muslims to help protect their nation and culture, the public needs to stop accepting most media about Muslims as truth because it causes prejudice towards immigrants of middle-Eastern origin, it creates a fear of terror in our society, and it contributes to violence based on misinformation.

One of the most widely discussed issues in the U.S. Muslim community is the negative image of Islam in the American media, an issue that was cause for concern even before 9/11. While appeals to the media for accuracy and fairness continue, newspaper headlines regularly print the words “Islam” and “Muslim” next to words like “fanatic,” “fundamentalist,” “militant,” “terrorist” and “violence.” Uses of the term “jihad” in television programs

Throughout the video, Said states how the press typically stereotype both Middle Eastern people of being radical terrorists that would only bring destruction into the world. Personally, I agree with Said’s statements as this discrimination is what I see in the media everyday. Within the documentary, Said supports his opinions by using evidence from broadcasts that include journalists accusing Middle Eastern jihadist terrorists for the terror attacks that occurred within the United States. These journalists had no proof to back up their claims, yet they stereotypically assumed that Middle Eastern people were the ones at fault. This event specifically pertains to the Oklahoma bombing that was evidently caused by two Christian radicals that had no affiliation to the Middle East whatsoever.

am a fourteen year old Muslim girl, born and raised in America. As a teenager, I watch a lot television. Whether I’m watching cartoons with my siblings, scary movies with my friends, or the news with my mom, I love watching television. One thing I have noticed on television is that the media’s coverage on Islam has changed significantly in various ways this past decade. The way the news portrays Muslims has shifted and the image of Islam has become distorted. The amount of coverage on Islam has increased as well, especially since the events of September 11th 2001. Those events played a role in why the coverage of Islam changed dramatically in the media. I also believe that the media is biased against Muslims, therefore many stereotypes and misinterpretations about Islam were created and spread. Some of these misinterpretations include Islam as a violent religion and oppression of Muslim women. I think that the media degrades and dehumanizes Muslims. Whether it is intentional or unintentional, I do not believe that the media portrays Islam accurately.

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pop culture-America Women who changed the face of television abstract The 2oth century witnessed a radical change in the perception of women. With the women’s movement, female organizations starting and advocacy of equal rights; the rise of a new generation of women arose. One that was independent, outspoken and not your submissive homemaker of suburbia as it was depicted at the start of the 1900’s. These women graced the television screen and changed the face of women in television drastically.

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The media paints an identity, which is a vital role that impacts the perception of Americans about Muslims and Islam. Media depictions influence the public opinions of Americans that negatively modify Muslim people. The attacks of 11 September 2001 (9/11) ignited hate and anger against Arab and Muslim Americans that posed serious life consequences, mainly due to biased media coverage (Eid 610). The most common explanation for this rationale is incited by the attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror. The representations of Muslims are often aggressive, violent, and drawn to terrorism in a range of media such as radio, newspaper, and television. The exposure of media coverage stereotypes towards Muslims as violent can increase and contribute

Although some fringe movements of other religions are quite radical and violent, extremists in the Muslim world receive a disproportionate amount of media coverage.

How the has media poisoned peoples’ brains to think like this. Media has created this mental construct, in which all Muslims are the “bad guys”. Media plays a big role in a lot of different situations. Media mostly portrays African American as “thugs, and drug dealers”, media portrays Latinos as all being “illegal”. Media plays an essential role in the development of the young children, who’s brains are still developing. It really affects their world view.

The connection between Islam and terrorism was not intensified until the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center that pushed the Islamic faith into the national and international spotlight (Smith, 2013). As Smith (2013) articulated, “Many Americans who had never given Islam a second thought before 9/11 now had to figure out how to make sense of these events and relate to the faith tradition that ostensibly inspired them” (p. 1). One way in which people made sense of these events was through the media channels that influenced their overall opinions by shaping a framework of censored ideas (Yusof, Hassan, Hassan & Osman, 2013). In a survey conducted by Pew Forum (2012), 32% of people reported that their opinions of Muslims were greatly influenced by the media’s portrayal of Islam that depicted violent pictorials and fundamentalist Muslims. Such constant negative depiction is likely to lead to the inevitable—prejudice and hate crime. For instance, in 2002 alone there were approximately 481 hate crimes that were carried out against Muslims (Smith, 2013). Ever since the 9/11 attacks Muslim people have been the target of “suspicion, harassment and discrimination” (Talal, n.d., p. 9).

This survey reveals that the problem with the Islam faith is not racial: The Muslim people are welcomed, the Islam faith is not. The violence that has been perpetrated against America, whether executed or planned, has brought to fruition religious persecution not seen since the persecution of the Jews in W.W.II. This “trust no Arab” attitude has brought shame to the Constitutional intentions of freedom of religion intended by our forefathers, and has set religious tolerance back 200 years. Looking at media representation of Muslim Americans prior to 9-11, it shows religious diversity in America, depicting Muslim America as just another religious community seeking to advance and protect their interests, not unlike other Americans. After 9-11 the media portrayed representations of threat and fear, creating boundaries between Muslims and other Americans. Such depiction transforms the identity of Muslims and American religious pluralism (Byng, M. pg. 3).

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