Misrepresentation of Muslim Americans in the media after 9/11
After the impact of the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001 the media had brought derogative attention toward Muslim Americans. Misrepresentations based on stereotypes have been assigned to Muslims before and after this tragic event, as well. The media affects society’s point of view in general and often comes from a perspective that lacks a complete historical background of the topic that is being talked about. The process of demonizing Muslim Americans started after the tragic event of September 11th when Muslim terrorist groups hijacked the planes, which hit the twin towers in New York and killed thousands of innocent people. These terrorists who call themselves Muslims are just …show more content…
That attack has created fear amongst everyone including Muslim Americans, but the media represented it differently to the degree that everyone excluding Muslims were emotionally affected by the attack. The media has propagated the image of Islam, which caused hatred towards Muslims in the United States. Due to the increased number of Muslim extremists and recent terrorist attacks; Muslims in the United States have been scapegoated to be the reason for all terrorist attacks. Because of this misrepresentation by the media Muslims feel unsafe, unwanted and discriminated against. This research paper will discuss the misrepresentation of Muslim Americans in the media. First, I’ll be discussing the different misrepresentations of how Muslims are viewed by Internet such as twitter posts, shows such as Ted talk, American Dad, Homeland and also films like American Sniper. Secondly, I will be mentioning the different Muslim stereotypes that
After the impact of the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001 the media had brought derogative attention toward Muslim Americans. Misrepresentations based on stereotypes have been assigned to Muslims before and after this tragic event, as well. The media affects society’s point of view in general and often comes from a perspective that lacks a complete historical background of the topic that is being talked about. The process of demonizing Muslim Americans started after the tragic event of September 11th when Muslim terrorist groups hijacked the planes, which hit the twin towers in New York and killed thousands of innocent people. These terrorists who call themselves Muslims are just …show more content…
That attack has created fear amongst everyone including Muslim Americans, but the media represented it differently to the degree that everyone excluding Muslims were emotionally affected by the attack. The media has propagated the image of Islam, which caused hatred towards Muslims in the United States. Due to the increased number of Muslim extremists and recent terrorist attacks; Muslims in the United States have been scapegoated to be the reason for all terrorist attacks. Because of this misrepresentation by the media Muslims feel unsafe, unwanted and discriminated against. This research paper will discuss the misrepresentation of Muslim Americans in the media. First, I’ll be discussing the different misrepresentations of how Muslims are viewed by Internet such as twitter posts, shows such as Ted talk, American Dad, Homeland and also films like American Sniper. Secondly, I will be mentioning the different Muslim stereotypes that