News organizations differ in how they frame Muslim religion as a public issue

Evidence

In a significant contrast to the public questioning*/as an editorial line*/of the visibility and indeed legitimacy of religion, our respondent from a leading centre-left national newspaper describes how their paper seeks to incorporate an educational element in its religious coverage. One example may be found in its comment section, which was recently ‘blogging’ the Qu’ran in a serialization penned by a prominent Muslim intellectual. Another example is the appointment of a young Muslim woman as its religious affairs correspondent, which ‘probably raised eyebrows in one or two places’. — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 90

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the im/propriety-of-religion-in-public framing and media-representation debates running through the authorship discussion. — connects to: Broadcast journalists frame Islamophobia as racism, unlike centre-right print journalists. — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 73; Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 497; Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240 (+6 more)

Related

• Broadcast journalists frame Islamophobia as racism, unlike centre-right print journalists. (similarity 0.88)
• Media bias against Muslims remains as prevalent today as in 1997 (similarity 0.88)
• Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims (similarity 0.87)
• Ninety-one per cent of press representations of Islam were negative (similarity 0.87)
• Media distinction between Islam and terrorism was blurred by inflationary language (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim journalists’ framing power, not mere presence, distinguishes educative coverage from token comment (similarity 0.85)
• Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. (similarity 0.85)
• Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link (similarity 0.83)
• Media frames Muslim terrorists as religion-driven simpletons while psychologizing non-Muslim perpetrators (similarity 0.82)
• Mainstream media gave Islamophobic commentators hundreds of appearances with minimal scrutiny. (similarity 0.82)
• Western media frames Islam chiefly through terrorism and women’s oppression. (similarity 0.82)
• Embedding plural Muslim constituencies serves as prophylactic against unwitting anti-Muslim bias (similarity 0.82)
• Mainstream media coverage of Islam was overwhelmingly negative by 2015 (similarity 0.81)
• Structural media economics favor religious explanations over complex political ones (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim-perpetrated attacks receive dramatically disproportionate news coverage (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Media framing constructs the reality audiences accept about Islam. #expands (0.92) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 497
• Media framing shapes American attitudes toward Islam and jihad #expands (0.85) — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad, 75
• Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims #expands (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240
• Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link #exemplifies (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 282
• Media distinction between Islam and terrorism was blurred by inflationary language #exemplifies (0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 571
• Media bias against Muslims remains as prevalent today as in 1997 #expands (0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 610
• Market incentives drive the media to reinforce rather than challenge religious explanations of terrorism #corroborates (0.72)