Covering Muslims : American newspapers in comparative perspective / Erik Bleich, A. Maurits van der Veen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bleich, Erik, author.

Veen, A. Maurits van der, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Press coverage--United States.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In Covering Muslims, Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen conclusively show that newspaper articles touching on Muslims are strikingly negative. They use cutting-edge techniques from computational social science to prove that articles that mention Muslims are far more negative than comparable stories related to Catholics, Jews, Hindus, African Americans, Latinos, Mormons, or atheists. The results examine how media outlets may contribute to pervasive Islamophobia, and encourages readers and journalists to "tone check" the media rather than simply accepting negative associations with Muslims or other marginalized groups.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. Media coverage of Muslims: Introduction and overview

2. The tone of Muslim coverage

3. United States newspaper coverage of Muslims: Main patterns and group comparisons

4. Time and tone: Major events and their impact on coverage

5. Is the United States unique? Examining newspapers from the Anglophone North and the Global South

6. What do newspapers talk about when they talk about Muslims?

7. Conclusions and extensions: Islamophobia, constructing boundaries, and tone-.checking the media

Appendix

Appendix I: Corpus collection and methodology

Appendix II: Supplementary materials for the analyses in ­chapters 2-.6

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-761175-3

0-19-761173-7

OCLC:

1269099829