Differences in Religious Framing of Muslims and Islam in American Media Coverage Before and After the Trump Campaign
Over the last 20 years Muslims have received a disproportionate amount of news media attention. In 2017 they were again thrust into the spotlight when the Trump administration issued a travel ban blocking entry from seven predominately-Muslim countries. With our hand coding of over 900 newspaper art...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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| In: |
Journal of media and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Newspaper article
/ Reportage
/ Muslim (Motif)
/ Islam (Motif)
/ Trump, Donald 1946-
/ Migration policy
/ History 2013-2018
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam KBQ North America TK Recent history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | Over the last 20 years Muslims have received a disproportionate amount of news media attention. In 2017 they were again thrust into the spotlight when the Trump administration issued a travel ban blocking entry from seven predominately-Muslim countries. With our hand coding of over 900 newspaper articles and mixed modeling techniques, we examine the newspaper rhetoric surrounding Muslims before and during the Trump administration and across US states. We find that after President Trump’s election, fewer newspapers mentioned religion or referenced Muslim claimsmakers. We also reveal that higher state-level religious salience was associated with more newspapers referencing religious claimsmakers in Islam-related discussions. Other state-level political and religious characteristics had no effect on the use of religious elements or Muslims claimsmakers. These results provide insight into the position of Muslims and Islam in the United States, as well as the impact of political rhetoric on media portrayals. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2023.2174323 |