The English word Islamic has become negatively saturated in press usage

Evidence

Secondly, and related to the first point, references to extremism were also found in negative association with the term ‘Islamic’. Baker et al. (2013) found that in the 1998–2009 corpus, references to extremism occurred next to the word ‘Islamic’ one in six times, thereby concluding that ‘Islamic is now difficult to use in a neutral way as it is so heavily laden with negative overtones and disapproval’. The negative association persists in the second corpus. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 641

Categorization

• SHARE: Narrow corpus-linguistic finding — the ‘one in six’ co-occurrence statistic paired with the striking conclusion that a whole adjective category has been poisoned — worth sending to a linguist or media-studies person.
• XREF: connects to: Journalists choose terror-related terms partly for stylistic variety rather than analytical precision — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 111; Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502; Critics reject the term Islamophobia as misnomer or speech-chilling — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 47

Related

• Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved (similarity 0.86)
• The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. (similarity 0.84)
• Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. (similarity 0.83)
• Critics object that Islamophobia misnames fear of Islamist terrorism (similarity 0.83)
• Retaining ‘Islamophobia’ over victim-centred terms is necessary because media negativity attaches to ‘Islam’ itself. (similarity 0.83)
• Journalists choose terror-related terms partly for stylistic variety rather than analytical precision (similarity 0.82)
• Retaining the term Islamophobia centers hostility on Islam itself. (similarity 0.82)
• Offensive speech about Muslims is often labelled Islamophobic. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia functions as an indiscriminate umbrella term serving varied agendas (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia as a term originated as an activist denunciatory label, not an analytical concept (similarity 0.81)
• Sloppy public usage of the term widens the advocate-detractor divide (similarity 0.81)
• Occurrence counts of the term Islamophobia inflated its apparent acceptance. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia names a real social reality despite being imprecise and polemical. (similarity 0.81)
• The term Islamophobia remains useful despite academic objections to it. (similarity 0.80)
• Critics reject the term Islamophobia as misnomer or speech-chilling (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse. #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502
• Critics reject the term Islamophobia as misnomer or speech-chilling #responds-to (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 47