Yearly Islamophobia mentions in the British press nearly doubled after 2010

Evidence

Comparing the average frequency of occurrences per year in the two corpora reveals an almost doubling in the number of mentions of Islamophobia, from 131.66 (1,574 mentions across 12 years, 1998– 2009) to 217.4 (1,087 mentions across 5 years, 2010–2014). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 616

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 616; Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 620; Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 615 (+6 more)

Related

• Discussion of Islamophobia in British media increased and grew more serious over time. (similarity 0.94)
• The term Islamophobia was nearly absent from the British press during 1998–2003. (similarity 0.92)
• Islamophobia usage rose in British press while sarcastic or denying uses halved (similarity 0.91)
• Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade (similarity 0.87)
• Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror (similarity 0.87)
• British press language linked Islamophobia to racism and institutional forms (similarity 0.85)
• British press blame for radicalization shifted toward extremist Islam itself (similarity 0.84)
• Media bias against Muslims remains as prevalent today as in 1997 (similarity 0.83)
• Media discourse frames Islamophobia as increasing and institutional. (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobic content has shifted from crude cartoons to globally shared narratives and institutional suspicion. (similarity 0.82)
• Ninety-one per cent of press representations of Islam were negative (similarity 0.82)
• Public Islamophobia debate lacks empirical grounding and nuance (similarity 0.81)
• British press underrepresents Muslims and portrays them as exotic or aberrant (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim population growth in Britain matched expected demography yet the press framed it alarmingly. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade #corroborates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 541
• Media discourse frames Islamophobia as increasing and institutional. #corroborates (0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 630
• Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568
• Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse. #corroborates (0.74) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions #expands (0.72)
• Islamophobia and immigration anxiety drove the Brexit vote and European racist resurgence #expands (0.72)