Media coverage of Muslim arrests shifted citizens into the enemy category

Evidence

There is little doubt that since the Satanic Verses affair, news and media networks have located an undeniably disproportionate newsworthiness to Muslims and Islam. The effect of this has been that the perceived threat presented by Muslims and Islam has been overblown and exaggerated, an observation resonant with the rhetoric and discourse of the ‘War on Terror’. This ever increasing focus of newsworthiness, the exaggerated threat, and the mistrust that emerges from such a combination are of course highly influential and determinative of how Muslims and Islam are made known and given meaning. And with every time that another news story appears about Muslims or Islam, or the threat of Muslims or Islam is seen to be getting closer, so those processes of fear and mistrust become further reified. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sustained media focus reframed Muslim citizens as enemies of the state; A cluster of 2009 arrests fueled a media narrative conflating Muslim identity with terrorism; Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 580 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Sustained media focus reframed Muslim citizens as enemies of the state #corroborates (0.94)
• A cluster of 2009 arrests fueled a media narrative conflating Muslim identity with terrorism #expands (0.86)
• Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims #complicates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240
• Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies #expands (0.74) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 580