Western news coverage links Muslims to terrorism while ignoring policy context

Evidence

The reason behind selecting these newspapers is that, these newspapers were chosen because, in the past and present, the media did not discuss terrorist activities or government policies pertaining to them; instead, they simply covered Muslim-related terrorism matters when they occurred. Six electronic news channels were chosen for this study because people would rather watch television than read a newspaper and turn to television for exclusive and breaking news and reporting. In order to gather information for this research, LexisNexis an online data service provider, searched news articles for mentions of the words ‘’Islam’’, ‘’Muslims’’ from 2014 to 2017. — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 50

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly counted as a ‘Muslim-related terrorism matter’ in the coding, and how did coders distinguish it from ordinary crime reporting?