Subsequently before the 9/11 there was a vague and limited amount of research conducted into Muslim representation in the media. Forth coming of that date, a lot of time and attention went into conducting analysis’s of British Muslims and the new threats they apparently impose on society. Islam and what the religion values have been highly criticised by the media; portraying the Islamic faith in an inaccurate and in an un-sensory manner. This account focuses on Islamophobic representations and the causation of Islamophobic prejudice. The actions of individual radicals have caused the whole religion to of as such been tarnished with the same brush. This essay will contain a non-biased theoretical analysis on how Islam and other religions are
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For some time Muslims in Britain and across the western world have spoken out about the representation of their religion and how the act of a small minority has affected them all from their daily lives to how their religion is portrayed as a whole
From the actual inaccuracies and negativity prevalent in media discourse, they feel that people’s perceptions of their faith and beliefs are adversely affected by such representation (Ameli et al., 2007)
Nevertheless the media is less prone to publicise British problems that inconsequently are major highlights in the Islamic religion such as drinking and divorce are highly frowned upon 'Yet there are estimated to be 1.6 million problem drinkers in England ' (Campbell, 2014) whereas British media and society are quick to judge the wrong doings of Islamic people but will not publicise in western media how they promote non-drinking societies, their values are ones that British society are not pugnacious. Undoubtedly if the only news …show more content…
Being an influential opinion former over the Catholic Church he is being placed in a position to intentionally allow the audience to question their attitudes and opinions; ‘Readers, whether they are attentive citizens or interested officials, tend to lose sight of the fact that news is not reality, but a sampling of sources’ portrayal of reality, mediated by news organizations’ (Sigal, 1998) the news stories would have been constructed and altered to portray the story in a particular light and would be targeted at their niche audience, with aim to achieve readership success. It would have a direct and immediate effect on the passive audience ‘information plays an important role in the communication process and that mass media have only a limited influence on most individuals’(Postelnicu,2014) taking this in to consideration to be affected by news stories and the mass media, you need to be culturally communicated and connected with that particular subject, in terms of the news stories in questions as a person your religious associations
For some time Muslims in Britain and across the western world have spoken out about the representation of their religion and how the act of a small minority has affected them all from their daily lives to how their religion is portrayed as a whole
From the actual inaccuracies and negativity prevalent in media discourse, they feel that people’s perceptions of their faith and beliefs are adversely affected by such representation (Ameli et al., 2007)
Nevertheless the media is less prone to publicise British problems that inconsequently are major highlights in the Islamic religion such as drinking and divorce are highly frowned upon 'Yet there are estimated to be 1.6 million problem drinkers in England ' (Campbell, 2014) whereas British media and society are quick to judge the wrong doings of Islamic people but will not publicise in western media how they promote non-drinking societies, their values are ones that British society are not pugnacious. Undoubtedly if the only news …show more content…
Being an influential opinion former over the Catholic Church he is being placed in a position to intentionally allow the audience to question their attitudes and opinions; ‘Readers, whether they are attentive citizens or interested officials, tend to lose sight of the fact that news is not reality, but a sampling of sources’ portrayal of reality, mediated by news organizations’ (Sigal, 1998) the news stories would have been constructed and altered to portray the story in a particular light and would be targeted at their niche audience, with aim to achieve readership success. It would have a direct and immediate effect on the passive audience ‘information plays an important role in the communication process and that mass media have only a limited influence on most individuals’(Postelnicu,2014) taking this in to consideration to be affected by news stories and the mass media, you need to be culturally communicated and connected with that particular subject, in terms of the news stories in questions as a person your religious associations