Two-thirds of UK newspaper articles framed Muslims as a threat

Evidence

Moore et al. (2008), for instance, highlight how two-thirds of newspaper articles between 2000 and 2008 framed British Muslims as a terrorism threat, a problem (in terms of incompatible differences); or generally in opposition to British values (p.3). An over-arching theme of ‘Othering’ dominates this coverage (Said, 1997), relegating Muslims as cultural outsiders of British society. This reductive image of British Muslims is juxtaposed as a confrontational ‘Us’ against ‘Them’ framing narrative set against an imagined self-image of what constitutes Britishness. — Nadia Haq, ‘The National Media Just Sees Muslims…, 12

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s article on cross-cultural moral panics over dress, identity and belonging.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ piece by documenting how a minority’s visible difference gets read as a threat to national self-image.