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Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis
Abstract
This article reports a meta-analysis of 345 published studies to examine the media’s role in construction of a Muslim and Islamic identity. A quantitative analysis highlights the geographical focus, methods, theories, authorship, media types, and time frames of published studies. A qualitative analysis investigated the most prominent researched themes. Our findings suggest that a large majority of studies covered Western countries, while Muslim countries and Muslim media have been neglected. We also identified an evident lack of comparative research, a neglect of visuals, and a dearth of research on online media. We found that most studies investigated the themes of ‘migration’, ‘terrorism’, and ‘war’. Moreover, our meta-study shows that Muslims tend to be negatively framed, while Islam is dominantly portrayed as a violent religion. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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- Ahmed, S., & Matthes, J.
- Venue
- International Communication Gazette
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 219-244
- ISSN
- 1748-0485 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-0493
- OpenAlex
- W2471027768
- Cited by
- 554
- References
- 49
- FWCI
- 19.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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