Selective coverage reduces entire Muslim communities to violent militants.
Evidence
When a news network airs stories about militant Muslims in, say, Pakistan, it is choosing to highlight one slice of the Muslim community in that nation, a slice that will appease the appetites of Western audiences who are attracted to stories involving violence or conflict. But by choosing not to air stories about Pakistani Muslims who fight for women’s rights or who provide health care to the poor, the network creates the impression that extremist or violent Muslims are the norm in Pakistan. When other news organizations repeat this selective coverage, the result is a constructed reality that reduces all Pakistani Muslims to angry militants. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 498
Categorization
- XREF: Mechanism of metonymic reduction — part stands for whole — that the book elsewhere traces from medieval polemic to modern race thinking. — connects to: Muslim-perpetrated attacks receive dramatically disproportionate news coverage — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 217; Islamophobia operates by reducing Muslims to a monolithic bloc — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433; Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia operates by reducing Muslims to a monolithic bloc
#expands(0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433 - Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists
#corroborates(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540 - Muslim-perpetrated attacks receive dramatically disproportionate news coverage
#complicates(0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 217