Western news discourse frames Islam through themes of violence, danger and threat

Evidence

Von Sikorski (2017) claims that the mainstream media in the West frequently portrays Islam as a violent and fanatical faith that cuts off hands, oppresses women, and openly opposes Western concepts of democracy, freedom, and human rights. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Tsoukala (2014) looked at how Islam and Muslims were portrayed in media news discourse. She discovered that the main ideological themes were violence, danger, hate, and evil, which portrayed Islam and Muslims as a threat to international security. — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 34

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Home Boy, both of which stage post-9/11 Muslim identity against exactly this media backdrop.
• SHARE: Tsoukala’s four themes (violence, danger, hate, evil) are a tidy citation for anyone arguing about media framing with someone who works on discourse analysis.