Framing Islam around devotion produces more positive media portrayals of Muslims

Evidence

Research has shown that news media coverage contextualizing Muslims and Islam with themes related to devotion have more positive portrayals of Muslims (Bleich, Souffrant, Stabler and van der Veen 2018). — Emily Greene-Colozzi, Amy Adamczyk, and Senahan Kiyal Keles, Differences in Religious Framing of…, 84

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels The Reluctant Fundamentalist and The Namesake, where Muslim identity is rendered through devotion and family rather than security threat.