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dc.contributor.authorEwart, Jacqui
dc.contributor.authorCherney, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T12:30:28Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T12:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1360-2004
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13602004.2017.1339496
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/340677
dc.description.abstractExisting research has explored the ways the mainstream news media covers Muslims and Islam, but few studies have examined Muslims’ reactions to this reporting. Studies that have investigated this issue have identified that the responses of Muslims to news media coverage tend to be largely negative because of the lack of Muslim news sources, the stereotypical representation of Muslims in news coverage, the portrayal of Muslims as the enemy within, and the conflation of Muslims with terrorism. This paper further explores the attitudes of Muslims to news media coverage of Islam and Muslims by drawing on data from 14 focus groups (N = 104 participants) conducted with Australian Muslims. Similar to previous research, findings reveal that Australian Muslims are highly critical of news media coverage of Islam and Muslims and express concern about the divisiveness that such portrayal can have for Australian society. However, the study participants also had positive comments to make about the news media. Possible solutions to negative news media portrayals of Muslims are considered.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto17
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Muslim Minority Affairs
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and media studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReligious studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5004
dc.titleNews Media Coverage of Islam and Muslims in Australia: An Opinion Survey among Australian Muslims
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorEwart, Jacqueline A.
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Kristina


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