Visual media depict the Arab Other only as anonymous, irrational masses

Evidence

In newsreels or news-photos, the Arab is always shown in large numbers. No individuality, no personal characteristics or experiences. Most of the pictures represent mass rage and misery, or irrational (hence hopelessly eccentric) gestures. Lurking behind all of these images is the menace of jihad. Consequence: a fear that the Muslims (or Arabs) will take over the world. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 729

Categorization

• DEFINE: The mechanism whereby political groupings are rendered as undifferentiated, irrational masses — foundational for the representation-of-the-Other concept in the scaffolding vocab.
• XREF: Feeds directly into the later construction of the Muslim as a demographic threat (takeover fear), which the Islamophobia module will complicate. — connects to: Media imagery drives public bias against Muslims and Arabs — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 74
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 729