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Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict: The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes

Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict: The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes

Bobbi J. Van Gilder, Zach B. Massey
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466697287|ISBN10: 1466697288|EISBN13: 9781466697294
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch009
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Van Gilder, Bobbi J., and Zach B. Massey. "Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict: The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes." Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict, edited by Steven Gibson and Agnes Lucy Lando, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 147-161. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch009

APA

Van Gilder, B. J. & Massey, Z. B. (2016). Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict: The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes. In S. Gibson & A. Lando (Eds.), Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict (pp. 147-161). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch009

Chicago

Van Gilder, Bobbi J., and Zach B. Massey. "Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict: The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes." In Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict, edited by Steven Gibson and Agnes Lucy Lando, 147-161. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch009

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Abstract

This chapter examines the Islamaphobic discourse that is perpetuated by the news media coverage of the ISIS beheadings to explain the potential influence of news media on viewers' dissociative behaviors, and the justifications made by social actors for such behaviors. Specifically, this chapter seeks to explore the ways in which intragroup identities are strengthened (ingroup bias) through outgroup derogation. The authors conducted a thematic analysis of news coverage from five major news sources. Findings revealed four themes of problematic discourse: (1) naming the enemy, (2) establishing intergroup threat, (3) homogenizing Islamic peoples, and (4) accentuating the negative. The authors then describe several ways in which media can function as a buffer to alleviate intergroup hostilities through the creation of positive contact situations.

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