Media Representation of Muslims and Islam From 2011-2019: A Meta Analysis
Media is a powerful tool to portray, represent and influence perceptions towards a particular ideology and religion in the present age of technology. Present study presents the findings about the role of media regarding Muslims and Islamic beliefs and identity. For the purpose a meta-analysis of 353...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2020
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-38 |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B Qualitative and Quantities analysis B Islam B Media representation B Meta-analysis |
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| Summary: | Media is a powerful tool to portray, represent and influence perceptions towards a particular ideology and religion in the present age of technology. Present study presents the findings about the role of media regarding Muslims and Islamic beliefs and identity. For the purpose a meta-analysis of 353 published studies from were critically reviewed and examined. The detailed quantitative analysis focuses on the geographical distribution, techniques, hypothesis, forms of media and time duration of published data whereas, qualitative analysis examined the most prestigious and well-known studied subject matters. Results from this study give the impression that most of the studies extends to European or western countries and on the other hand Islamic states and media belonged to them have been avoided. Findings also shed light on low volume of comparative studies, lack of perceptibility and scarcity of internet based quality work. A large number of researches focused on the trends of war on terror, links of Muslims in terror related incidences, Islamic extremism and migration. Furthermore, analysis and data of this study reveals the fact of negatively portraying the image and identity of Muslims. The religion of Islam as whole represented as religion associated with extremism, terror, violence and intolerance. Suggestions based on analysis are also taken into account. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2020.01.003 |