Collective Identity - Islam

Cohen 

-Folk Devils

-Scapegoat

-Moral Panic Code

-Stereotypes

Stuart Hall

Encoding - What's the intended message

Decoding - What the message was taken as by the public

Runnymede Trust’s newly established Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia (Head 2014).

•The report identified eight patterns of behaviour that characterise Islamophobic attitudes:

•“Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.”

•“It is seen as a separate ‘other’. It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them.

• “It is seen as inferior to the west. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive, and sexist.”

•“It is seen as violent, aggressive, threatening, supporting of terrorism, and engaged in a clash of civilisations.”

•“It is seen as a political ideology, used for political or military advantage.”

•“Criticisms made of ‘the west’ by Muslims are rejected out of hand.”

•“Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society.”

• “Anti- Muslim hostility is seen as natural and normal”.

Hypodermic Needle Theory - When a passive audience is injected with media that directly influences their norms and values

This is an example of representing muslim women as having freedom of expression, having chosen to 

practice islam and wear a headscarf, which varies to the usual media portrayal of women in islam being oppressed 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34967994

Do 20% of British Muslims sympathise with Jahidis?

I think that this statistic has been completely twisted to show an anti muslim sentiment. The question that was actually asked was whether muslims had sympathy with young muslims who leave the UK to fight in Syria. While the article mentions Jihadis, the question doesn't specify who the young people were fighting for, as it is not mentioned that they are joining an Islamic state group, many in the poll would assume that they mean going to join resistance fighters fighting against them. Therefore, it is extremely unlikely that 20 of Muslims sympathise with Jahidis, as the majority of the people in the poll would have taken the question as whether they sympathise for Muslims fighting against ISIS.

Charlie Hebdo

After Syrian child Aylan Kurdi was found drowned on a Greek Island, Satirical weekly cartoon Charlie Hebdo produced this cartoon, which reads Welcome to the migrants, so close to the goal...promotional offer: kids menu 2 for the price of 1" The cartoon was received poorly, with many claiming it to be offensive and insensitive. While the cartoon was intended to be satirical, it was criticised as many believed that either it was manipulative to use the image of the drowned child in satire, or that it is beyond satire and is simply is making fun of a very serious and terrible event.

http://harvardpolitics.com/world/portrayals-violence-abroad-dehumanization-home/

This news story is an example of how mediation is used in the media regarding the representation on Muslims.