Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved

Evidence

In a later study, which I commissioned in 2015, by Baker and McEnery (2015b) analysing corpus data for the period 2010–2014 (consisting of almost 80 million words) ‘Islamophobia’ (and the related terms) appeared 1,706 times, or 18.61 times per million words, indicating that, proportionally, discussion around the concept has increased over time. A similar analysis of 100 occurrences in the second corpus found that incidence of sarcastic uses or denial of the term fell from a third to a fifth (21 occurrences). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 615

Categorization

• XREF: Traces the term’s growing legitimization in public discourse, which bears on whether the definitional debate is purely academic or tracks real-world concept acceptance. — connects to: The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 616; Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 620; British press language linked Islamophobia to racism and institutional forms — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 625 (+4 more)

Related

• Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. (similarity 0.94)
• Yearly Islamophobia mentions in the British press nearly doubled after 2010 (similarity 0.91)
• The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. (similarity 0.90)
• The English word Islamic has become negatively saturated in press usage (similarity 0.86)
• Occurrence counts of the term Islamophobia inflated its apparent acceptance. (similarity 0.85)
• British press language linked Islamophobia to racism and institutional forms (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade (similarity 0.83)
• Sloppy public usage of the term widens the advocate-detractor divide (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia as a term originated as an activist denunciatory label, not an analytical concept (similarity 0.82)
• Media discourse frames Islamophobia as increasing and institutional. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia names a real social reality despite being imprecise and polemical. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia entered print via distinct British and American usages in 1991 (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia debates operate at distinct levels of definition, cause, and effect (similarity 0.81)
• Accusatory anti-islamophobia rhetoric undermines the term’s credibility (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Yearly Islamophobia mentions in the British press nearly doubled after 2010 #corroborates (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 616
• British press language linked Islamophobia to racism and institutional forms #expands (0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 625
• Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade #corroborates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 541
• Accusatory anti-islamophobia rhetoric undermines the term’s credibility #corroborates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 672
• Critics reject the term Islamophobia as misnomer or speech-chilling #contradicts (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 47