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Abstract:
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This paper sets out to discuss the way Islam, Arabs, and Muslims are represented in two US major magazines, Newsweek and Time, especially in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a frame of reference, I have argued that the issues (of these magazines) following the attacks demonstrate that terrorism, Islam, Arabs, and Muslims are intertwined into a single phenomenon through the use of certain strategies: naming the alleged perpetrators, using collocation, etc. This conflation, contrary to the claim of Dajani and Michelmor (1999) is shown to realized in certain contexts where the event and the attackers are viewed as enemies. This viewpoint has been verified by examining the language of the media (represented by Time and Newsweek) in the aftermath of the September 11 events and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The later event, which involved non-Arabs, is shown to have been described by the press in a neutral way.
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Publication Info:
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International Journal of Communication, Vol.12, No.2, July-Dec 2002, pp.103-117
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