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Writer's pictureNick Saward

Media Diaries: The representations of Muslims through newspapers and film.


Within newspapers such as The Daily Star, which choose to use sensationalised headlines like 'Muslim thugs burn people' using the bold font that is possibly used to create a sense of the bold statement being complete fact. It is often pared with much less significant events surrounding the main headline such as 'X factor Kate and Cher punch-up', this showing that possibly these type of headlines are often just normal to be shown within tabloid to the public, that are nonetheless representing Muslims in a negative representation.



Another newspaper that does this is The Daily Express, with the headline, 'Muslim plot to kill pope', this instantly attaching a demonised representation to Muslims, as the headline is able to take the controversial topic of Muslims being terrorists and attaching the threat of them to someone of high respect within the UK, this being paired with things like the former prime minister David Cameron in the bottom of the front page, all combining to create a sense of a political agenda.



Another form of media that chooses to stereotype and negatively represent Muslims is film, within movies such as 'The Siege' which depicted Muslims as anything but heroes with suicide bombers as the main villains within New York; the movie itself came out before the September 11th bombings, this suggesting that even before the incident took place the stereotype always lingered around those with the Muslim or Iraq background.


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Mar 19, 2020

I agree that there are a variety of derogatory stereotypes surrounding Muslims. This could be used to show how a small minority group can feel under or misrepresented since they are always presented as the 'bad guy,' which is often the reason why they might turn to other forms of media since they feel left out or hurt from the negative representations.

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