9/11, Language, Islam, and the Arrogance of Ignorance

Autor/in	Mirza, Sara
Titel	9/11, Language, Islam, and the Arrogance of Ignorance
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 20 (2022) 2, S.380-435 (56 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Islam; Mass Media Role; Terrorism; Muslims; Fear; Anxiety; News Reporting; Programming (Broadcast); Television; Ideology; Social Bias; Discourse Analysis; Stereotypes; Arabic; Language Attitudes; Audiences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Terrorismus; Muslim; Muslimin; Furcht; Angst; News report; Reportage; Programmgestaltung; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Ideologie; Diskursanalyse; Klischee; Arabisch; Sprachverhalten; Spectator; Zuschauer
Abstract	The US media has played an increasingly important role in shaping the Muslim identity. An Anti-Muslim rhetoric led by news channels only promoted fear and anxiety among Americans towards the Muslim world post 9/11. This paper tends to explore one such news channel--CNN and its contribution towards demonizing, vilifying, and racializing the Muslim world hence, reducing it to one region and language. In doing so, the researcher contends the existence of a systemic web which operates in conjunction to maintain the dominant ideology about Muslims. By means of critical discourse analysis it is argued that CNN under the pretense of its liberal stance has managed to reproduce the same rhetoric which reinstates the many stereotypes existing with regard to Muslims. However, this research also examines the representation of Arabic language and the subtle ways in which fear and negative connotations around Arabic has been induced among the audience. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01