{"product_id":"covering-muslims-american-newspapers-in-comparative-perspective-paperback","title":"Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErik Bleich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. Maurits Van Der Veen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn examination of how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, scholars and observers have criticized negative media portrayals of Muslims and Islam. Yet most of these critiques are limited by their focus on one specific location, a limited time period, or a single outlet. In \u003cem\u003eCovering Muslims\u003c\/em\u003e, Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen present the first systematic, large-scale analysis of American newspaper coverage of Muslims through comparisons across groups, time, countries, and topics. The authors demonstrate conclusively that coverage of Muslims is remarkably negative by any measure. They show that American newspapers have been consistently negative across the two-decade period between 1996 and 2016 and that articles on Muslims are more negative than those touching on groups as diverse as Catholics, Jews, Hindus, African Americans, Latinos, Mormons, or atheists. Strikingly, even articles about mundane topics tend to be negative. The authors suggest that media outlets both within and outside the United States may contribute to\u003cbr\u003epervasive Islamophobia and they encourage readers and journalists to \"tone check\" the media rather than simply accepting negative associations with Muslims or other marginalized groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErik Bleich\u003c\/strong\u003e is Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2011). His\u003cbr\u003escholarship has appeared in journals in the fields of political science, communications, sociology, religion, and law, and he has contributed to public discussions in the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e. He directs the Media Portrayals of Minorities Project, which\u003cbr\u003euses computer-assisted techniques to analyze media representations of marginalized groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. Maurits van der Veen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Government at William \u0026amp; Mary. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid \u003c\/em\u003e(2011), which examines the framing of spending on foreign populations by European politicians. His work has appeared in journals in political science, communications, \u003cbr\u003eand religion, and has been discussed in media outlets such as \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post.\u003c\/em\u003e He directs the STAIR (Systematic Text Analysis for International Relations) lab at William \u0026amp; Mary, which develops and applies computational social science techniques for the analysis of large corpora of political\u003cbr\u003etexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.25 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784804761888,"sku":"9780197611722","price":63.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0b49c44a9b9722ee7d93c40017c4f084.webp?v=1780608269","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/covering-muslims-american-newspapers-in-comparative-perspective-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}