Islam And Muslims Through The Lens Of Western Media: A Comparative Analysis Of Talk Shows Of Cnn And Bbc (2012)
| dc.contributor.author | Noor Hayat | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-14T02:40:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-14T02:40:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The focus of this study is to examine the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the talk shows of CNN and BBC broadcasted in 2012. After an eventful one decade passed since the incident of 9/11, it is significant to investigate how CNN and BBC are framing Islam and Muslims now. The data was collected from the website of CNN, BBC and YouTube search engine. For data analysis, coding sheet was designed. The researcher watched 623 episodes of Piers Morgan Live and Farid Zakaria GPS from CNN and HARDtalk and Newsnight from BBC broadcasted from January 2012 to December 2012. Through purposive sampling, the researcher selected 50 programs where the major focus of the program was Muslims or Islam. These talk shows create audience awareness about diverse and new perspectives of global issues. These talk shows bring people in-depth interviews of world leaders, international thinkers, newsmakers and analysts who give their expert opinion on different issues. This study is theoretically linked with Framing Theory. Based on the results produced, the study finds that CNN and BBC Networks showed more interest in discussing the political shifts and regional transformations of the Muslim world especially political issues pertaining to the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The war on terror, economics and religion was given minor coverage. The study also suggested that both CNN and BBC networks are not portraying and framing Muslims as terrorist and a threat to western democracy. The study found significant and meaningful difference as proportion of negative framing was greater than positive framing in the discussions of both news channels. Although there are differences in the portrayal of Islam and Muslims, both CNN and BBC still provided an equal opportunity to Muslims guests to discuss issues related to Islam and Muslims. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3278 | |
| dc.subject | To examine the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the talk shows | en_US |
| dc.subject | of CNN and BBC broadcasted in 2012. | en_US |
| dc.title | Islam And Muslims Through The Lens Of Western Media: A Comparative Analysis Of Talk Shows Of Cnn And Bbc (2012) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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