The TV show 24 shifted public opinion to tolerate torturing Arabs and Muslims

Evidence

The ideological work produced by the media during the War on Terror has had profound effects on human lives, as evidenced by the way in which 24 has contributed to shifting public opinion on the torture of Arab and Muslims at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay, and a number of other unnamed prisons. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1391 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Scholar Evelyn Alsultany refers to these strategies as “simplified complex representations”: “Simplified complex representations are strategies used by television producers, writers, and directors to give the impression that the representations they are producing are complex… . These representations appear to challenge or complicate former stereotypes and contribute to a multicultural or post-race illusion.” — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 529 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: 24 aired a PSA inside its own commercial break telling viewers Muslims oppose terrorism; The TV show 24 shifted public opinion toward accepting torture — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 1391; TV dramas normalized acceptance of real torture of Arabs and Muslims (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The TV show 24 shifted public opinion toward accepting torture #corroborates (0.98) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1391
• Television uses token complexity to mask ongoing Muslim stereotyping #complicates (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 529