Citation

Beshara RK. J. Muslim Minor. Aff. 2018; 38(1): 132-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13602004.2018.1434940

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Abstract

In the following mini-study, quantitative content analysis was used to investigate differences in the United States print media's coverage of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. Four articles were analyzed, two from the corporate media and two from independent sources. The four articles did not disagree on the existence of terrorism, but they differed in terms of their assumptions regarding the cause(s) of terrorism as well as in terms of how the terrorist subject is configured discursively. Blaming Islam in general, or all Muslims, in relation to terrorist acts perpetrated by a few criminals can have drastic results, such as Islamophobia.

Language: en

Keywords

Corrigendum