Audiences reject shows that teach diversity but accept those teaching threat

Evidence

In contrast to television critics who acknowledge and criticize these representational strategies, many viewer posts on the Internet tend to praise Sleeper Cell for educating the public—not on the diversity of Muslims, but on the ongoing Arab/Muslim terrorist threat to national security. … My focus here is on a particular strain of responses— those that focus on the realism of the show and reflect a collapsed distinction between television and politics. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 213 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ordinary viewers praised the show for teaching threat rather than diversity — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 213; Audiences can decode the same message in a globally contrary or oppositional way; Entertainment-education serials can shift viewers’ attitudes toward gender equality (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Ordinary viewers praised the show for teaching threat rather than diversity #exemplifies (0.93) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 213
• Entertainment-education serials can shift viewers’ attitudes toward gender equality #complicates (0.75)