Thursday, September 1, 2011

USA Africa Dialogue Series - The color of terrorism

The results of Kimberly Powell's (2011) research on media coverage of terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 suggest that the act of terror is mostly used to describe "Muslims/Arabs/Islam working together in organized terrorist cells against a 'Christian America,' while domestic terrorism is cast as a minor threat that occurs in isolated incidents by troubled individuals."

Anti-Islam extremist Anders Behring Breivik's case emphasized the tendency of Western media to use prejudiced language when it comes to covering politically motivated violence committed by Muslims. Breivik's attack was widely dubbed an "act of terror" in the mainstream media… that is, until Breivik himself was identified. As authors of the blog Foreign Policy Watch Matt Eckel and Jeb Koogler describe, the Western press responded by "largely avoiding the term 'terrorist' when speaking of the blond, blue-eyed, Christian attacker…"

http://www.ejc.net/magazine/article/the_color_of_terrorism/ 

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