Can Islamophobia in the media serve Islamic state propaganda: The Australian case, 2014-2015?

Authors

Nahid Afrose Kabir, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Place of Publication

Cham

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

27942

Comments

Kabir N.A. (2019) Can Islamophobia in the Media Serve Islamic State Propaganda? The Australian Case, 2014–2015. In: Esposito J., Iner D. (eds) Islamophobia and Radicalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Available here

Abstract

A few years ago, in my interviews with young Australian Muslims, I found that the participants were critical of the practices of the conventional media when it reported on the topic of Islam or Muslims. In recent years, my newspaper research has shown that the rhetoric of the “Muslim Other” has become more frequent. In this chapter, through thematic critical discourse analysis and content analysis of selected print media, I examine whether the print media is Islamophobic and if its sensationalist representation of Muslim news can serve Islamic State propaganda. I conclude that media stereotypes can further marginalize vulnerable Muslim youth and that can make them susceptible to radicalization.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-95237-6_6

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