The attacks of 9/11 created a philosophical and cultural shockwave
felt around the world. For many Canadians, 9/11 also produced feelings
of insecurity, vulnerability, and suspicion of “Muslims” in
general. Being Muslim was often seen as being Arab, and diverse Muslim
communities were glossed over as if they were invisible. How did these
negative attitudes come about? Many point to the role of the news
media in framing and contextualizing events and its complicity in
reproducing racist images of Muslim minorities. Strikingly lacking
from media analyses, however, is a focus on the most significant stage
of reportage: the initial weeks in which the events, surrounding
issues, and primary actors of 9/11 were all first framed by
journalists. The authors of Mission Invisible chronicle varying
racialized constructions of Muslim communities in the news during
these initial weeks. Through detailed examination of the naturalized
underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Muslim communities, they
map the production of racist ideology in the news, parsing textual
productions to locate complex patterns of rhetorical devices, dramatic
structure, and discursive themes. In showing how media coverage of
Muslim communities was imagined, negotiated, and represented after
9/11, Mission Invisible provides much-needed empirical evidence of how
racist discourses are constructed and reinforced by the media in a
unique Canadian setting where linguistic and cultural communities are
often in contention.
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Race, Religion, and News at the Dawn of the 9/11 Era
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774826495
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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