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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Government
Publication Date
2022
Book Title
Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective
Publisher
Oxford University Press
First Page
1
Last Page
17
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197611715.003.0001
Abstract
Existing research largely concurs that coverage of Muslims is negative. Yet this masks how much remains unknown. In particular, there has been no clear or consistent way to gauge precisely how much negativity is present in stories about Muslims. This chapter introduces a systematic way to assess the tone of articles and discusses how this allows for answers to six important questions about coverage of Muslims. The chapter also outlines the structure of the book and summarizes the key findings. In particular, it argues that coverage of Muslims is strikingly negative by every comparative measure examined.
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9780197611715
Publication Statement
This material was originally published in "Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective" by Erik Bleich and Maurits van der Veen, and has been reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press (https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197611715.001.0001). For permission to reuse this material, please visit http://global.oup.com/academic/rights.
Recommended Citation
Bleich, E., & Maurits van der Veen, A. (2022). Media coverage of Muslims: Introduction and overview. Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective (pp. 1-17). Oxford University Press. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/145
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