Western media coverage of Muslim militants rose sharply while coverage of ordinary Muslims stagnated

Evidence

In 2001, 2 percent of all news stories in the Western media presented images of Muslim militants, while just over 0.1 percent presented stories of ordinary Muslims. In 2011, the numbers were 25 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively. The net result over the ten-year period was a significant increase in coverage of Muslim militants but no increase in the coverage of ordinary Muslims. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 38 (#expands, via linked claim)

In a study by Media Tenor, 975,000 news stories pertaining to Islam in both Europe and the United States were analyzed. In 2001, only 2 percent of these stories focused on Muslim militants and extremists, but this figure jumped to 25 percent by 2011. In the same period, the percentage of stories devoted to ordinary Muslims remained at 0.1 percent—no change from 2001 to 2011. This study, combined with the other studies discussed in this section, demonstrates just how fixated the Western media is on constructing Islam as a religion prone to violence and extremism. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 509 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western media’s Afghan women coverage spiked twentyfold only when it served war aims — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 300; Western media coverage of Muslim militants rose twelvefold while ordinary Muslim coverage stayed flat — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 38; Western media covered Muslim-majority countries nearly only through a violence lens — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 753 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Western media coverage of Muslim militants rose twelvefold while ordinary Muslim coverage stayed flat #expands (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 38
• Western media coverage of ordinary Muslims stayed at 0.1 percent from 2001 to 2011 #corroborates (0.92) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 509