Islamophobia operates as a marketable commodity across media forms

Evidence

Karim H. Karim identifies the existence of certain recurring frames: “a set of journalistic narratives on ‘Muslim terrorism’ ” that “help shape the cognitive scripts for reporting acts of terrorism.” These frames determine the way events are rendered and influence how they are perceived by audiences. Richard Flanagan’s novel The Unknown Terrorist is concerned with the utility of just such news media frames and also how they are open to manipulation and extension. Their ubiquity and dissemination in a globalized media landscape testify to a practical concern for what certain types of story are worth in a market. In the case of Muslims and terror, this becomes, in effect, a market for Islamophobia. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 354

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Karim’s concept of media ‘frames’ as cognitive scripts that determine how terror events are rendered, and the market for Islamophobia built on them.
• XREF: The ‘market for Islamophobia’ concept maps onto the reader’s framing of Hamid and Naqvi as fiction operating within and against this very market. — connects to: Consumerism’s communication systems extract from Black bodies through platformed spectacle — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1196; Professional Islamophobia is a career path of deliberately manufacturing anti-Muslim fear — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 435; Professional Islamophobia is defined by overt demonization and career incentives for provocation — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 492 (+20 more)
• SEED: Potential essay angle: distinguishing fiction that cashes in on the Islamophobia market from fiction that refuses its terms.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 354

Broader Connections

• Market incentives drive the media to reinforce rather than challenge religious explanations of terrorism #exemplifies (0.75)
• Private media Islamophobia extends rather than deviates from state structural Islamophobia #expands (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 375
• Media and state mutually reinforce Islam-violence associations for distinct functional reasons #expands (0.65)