Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims? In what ways can prejudice be explicit and subtle? This thorough analysis of over 140 million words of newspaper articles explores that question. Using tools of critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, it produces an objective picture of media attitudes towards Muslims and Islam.
Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims? In what ways can prejudice be explicit and subtle? This thorough analysis of over 140 million words of newspaper articles explores that question. Using tools of critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, it produces an objective picture of media attitudes towards Muslims and Islam.
Paul Baker is Professor of English Language in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Sketching Muslims: the big picture 3. Muslim or Moslem: differences between newspapers 4. The 9/11 effect: change over time 5. Welcome to Muslim world: collectivisation and differentiation 6. What's a devout Muslim? Ways of believing 7. From hate preachers to scroungers: who benefits? 8. Burqas and brainwashing: Muslims and gender 9. Does history rhyme? Earlier news representations of Muslims 10. Conclusion.
1. Introduction 2. Sketching Muslims: the big picture 3. Muslim or Moslem: differences between newspapers 4. The 9/11 effect: change over time 5. Welcome to Muslim world: collectivisation and differentiation 6. What's a devout Muslim? Ways of believing 7. From hate preachers to scroungers: who benefits? 8. Burqas and brainwashing: Muslims and gender 9. Does history rhyme? Earlier news representations of Muslims 10. Conclusion.
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