scholarly journals Image of Western Media Abuse of Islam and Muslims in the Middle East 'A Study of Western Unethical Media Practices'

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-75
Author(s):  
Khawla Mortazawi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Western Media

scholarly journals New Orientalism: Depictions of Muslims in the Canadian Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Harb
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
The Other ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
The West ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Press ◽  
Western Media

This paper seeks to examine the topic of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism that is currently present in reports of mainstream media and the implications it has on the lives of people in the Muslim community in Canada. The Western media has played a major role in both reviving historical Orientalist depictions of the 'other' and shaping the views of many ordinary Canadians about Muslims and people from the Middle East. Negative portrayals of Islam, and more specifically Muslims, have often been defended in the West under the principle of freedom of speech and the press, and this type of racism has been allowed to continue to exist in society under the contentious pretext of security. This paper draws on examples from two mainstream Canadian media outlets: The Toronto Star and Maclean's Magazine. The analysis of the Toronto Star is limited to articles that were published between June 2nd, 2006 and July 29th, 2008 about the Toronto 18 case. The Maclean's magazine analysis focuses on articles that were written between January 2005 and July 2006, many of which have also been at the center of a complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

scholarly journals Media Practitioners’ Perspective on News Media Reporting of Islam and Muslims: A Room for Improvement Through A Formulation of Writing News Guideline

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-127
Author(s):  
Fauziah Hassan ◽  
Sofia Hayati Yusoff ◽  
Osama Kanaker ◽  
Muhamad Zaki Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
News Media ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
The Media ◽  
Western Media

The idea to embark this study on Islam and Muslim issues is still relevant due to there are many reportings from the Western media especially about Middle East. On that account, the purpose of this study is to find out the solution to encourage more positive reporting about Islam and Muslim issues. Eight Malaysian media practitioners have been interviewed to share their experiences and ideas in finding an answer to formulate a new, fair and balanced guideline to be practiced. All of them were interviewed via face-to-face methods and phone calls. From the interview, the researchers found out the important tips with regards to assisting students, journalists and individuals to become more expert in writing news accurately.  The researchers found out how a journalist played the role of an Islamic journalist and anchor the meaning of Islamic journalism. In addition, the results of this study also managed to formulate a guideline in writing reports or news related to Islam and Muslim community to produce a positive image of Islam and the Muslims in the media.

scholarly journals New Orientalism: Depictions of Muslims in the Canadian Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Harb
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
The Other ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
The West ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Press ◽  
Western Media

This paper seeks to examine the topic of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism that is currently present in reports of mainstream media and the implications it has on the lives of people in the Muslim community in Canada. The Western media has played a major role in both reviving historical Orientalist depictions of the 'other' and shaping the views of many ordinary Canadians about Muslims and people from the Middle East. Negative portrayals of Islam, and more specifically Muslims, have often been defended in the West under the principle of freedom of speech and the press, and this type of racism has been allowed to continue to exist in society under the contentious pretext of security. This paper draws on examples from two mainstream Canadian media outlets: The Toronto Star and Maclean's Magazine. The analysis of the Toronto Star is limited to articles that were published between June 2nd, 2006 and July 29th, 2008 about the Toronto 18 case. The Maclean's magazine analysis focuses on articles that were written between January 2005 and July 2006, many of which have also been at the center of a complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

scholarly journals Reframing the Arabic Narratives on Daesh in the English Media: The Ideological Impact

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Nael F. M. Hijjo ◽  
Surinderpal Kaur ◽  
Kais Amir Kadhim
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Research Institute ◽  
Western Media

AbstractThis paper discusses the dynamic role of translators in possibly promoting certain ideologies and political agendas by presenting stories through the lens of an ideologically laden meta-narrative. It compares the representation of ‘Daesh’ in the narratives of Arabic editorials and their English translations published by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). MEMRI is a pro-Israeli organization, widely cited by leading Western media outlets, especially in the US. The study adopts the narrative theoryinformed analysis of Baker (2006) as its theoretical framework to examine how narrative is used to legitimize, normalize, and justify certain actions to the public. The findings suggest that through translation, MEMRI draws upon the meta-narrative of the War on Terror in furthering its ideologically laden agenda of terrorist Arabs and Muslims by publishing selective and decontextualized excerpts and mistranslation of concepts such as Daesh (داعش), Jihad (جهاد), and Jizya (جزية).

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