Media mapping erased the distinction between real and imagined Muslims

Evidence

The spatial mapping of the Western media no longer infers that either imagined or real Muslims are a separate externality but more so that the two are largely equated: both simultaneous and synonymous. As such, the undoing of proximities becomes that through which the local and global become infused and indistinguishable. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the collapse between the ‘imagined Muslim’ and the ‘real Muslim’ — a key definitional move distinguishing forms of anti-Muslim hostility.
• XREF: connects to: The secular map flattened sacred Muslim geography into profane coordinate space — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 653; Media bias against Muslims remains as prevalent today as in 1997 — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 610; Lack of religious census categories hid Muslims within ethnic and birth-country data — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 186 (+4 more)

Related

• Media mapping equates imagined Muslims with physical proximity to the West (similarity 0.94)
• Migration and global media collapsed the conceptual distance separating Europeans from Muslims (similarity 0.87)
• Media reattributed the Iranian situation to timeless Muslim traits rather than real causes (similarity 0.83)
• The secular map flattened sacred Muslim geography into profane coordinate space (similarity 0.81)
• Media bias against Muslims remains as prevalent today as in 1997 (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Media mapping equates imagined Muslims with physical proximity to the West #expands (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240
• Migration and global media collapsed the conceptual distance separating Europeans from Muslims #corroborates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 569
• Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. #expands (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 497
• Media reattributed the Iranian situation to timeless Muslim traits rather than real causes #exemplifies (0.70) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 221