What kind of islamophobia? Representation of muslims and islam in Italian and Spanish media

Laura Cervi; Santiago Tejedor; Monica Gracia

doi:10.3390/rel12060427

What kind of islamophobia? Representation of muslims and islam in Italian and Spanish media

Laura Cervi^*, Santiago Tejedor, Monica Gracia

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Journalism and Communications Studies

Universidad Europea del Atlántico

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

News media play a crucial role in the production and reproduction of stereotypes, in-fluencing public opinions regarding different groups and minorities. Thus, acquiring a deeper understanding of media coverage of Muslims and Islam is decisive for understanding the sources of public attitudes towards Muslims. This study aims at displaying how Muslims and Islam are represented in Italian and Spanish media. Focusing on the online version of the two most influential newspapers in each country (El Mundo and El País for Spain and Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica for Italy) from 2015 to 2020, the results show how Muslims in both countries are mostly framed either related to terrorism or within the general discourse on immigration. In both cases, they are portrayed as “others”. The article also presents a novelty, defining and observing two different types of Islamophobia, Banal and Ontological Islamophobia.

Original language	English
Article number	427
Journal	Religions
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060427
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

Keywords

Content analysis
Islam
Islamophobia
Italy
Media
Muslims
Representation
Spain

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.3390/rel12060427

https://ddd.uab.cat/record/250575

Cite this

@article{8d46ca9a4a0940e389af6418ea4b0370,

title = "What kind of islamophobia? Representation of muslims and islam in Italian and Spanish media",

abstract = "News media play a crucial role in the production and reproduction of stereotypes, in-fluencing public opinions regarding different groups and minorities. Thus, acquiring a deeper understanding of media coverage of Muslims and Islam is decisive for understanding the sources of public attitudes towards Muslims. This study aims at displaying how Muslims and Islam are represented in Italian and Spanish media. Focusing on the online version of the two most influential newspapers in each country (El Mundo and El Pa{\'i}s for Spain and Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica for Italy) from 2015 to 2020, the results show how Muslims in both countries are mostly framed either related to terrorism or within the general discourse on immigration. In both cases, they are portrayed as “others”. The article also presents a novelty, defining and observing two different types of Islamophobia, Banal and Ontological Islamophobia.",

keywords = "Content analysis, Islam, Islamophobia, Italy, Media, Muslims, Representation, Spain",

author = "Laura Cervi and Santiago Tejedor and Monica Gracia",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",

year = "2021",

month = jun,

doi = "10.3390/rel12060427",

language = "English",

volume = "12",

journal = "Religions",

issn = "2077-1444",

publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - What kind of islamophobia? Representation of muslims and islam in Italian and Spanish media

AU - Cervi, Laura

AU - Tejedor, Santiago

AU - Gracia, Monica

PY - 2021/6

Y1 - 2021/6

N2 - News media play a crucial role in the production and reproduction of stereotypes, in-fluencing public opinions regarding different groups and minorities. Thus, acquiring a deeper understanding of media coverage of Muslims and Islam is decisive for understanding the sources of public attitudes towards Muslims. This study aims at displaying how Muslims and Islam are represented in Italian and Spanish media. Focusing on the online version of the two most influential newspapers in each country (El Mundo and El País for Spain and Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica for Italy) from 2015 to 2020, the results show how Muslims in both countries are mostly framed either related to terrorism or within the general discourse on immigration. In both cases, they are portrayed as “others”. The article also presents a novelty, defining and observing two different types of Islamophobia, Banal and Ontological Islamophobia.

AB - News media play a crucial role in the production and reproduction of stereotypes, in-fluencing public opinions regarding different groups and minorities. Thus, acquiring a deeper understanding of media coverage of Muslims and Islam is decisive for understanding the sources of public attitudes towards Muslims. This study aims at displaying how Muslims and Islam are represented in Italian and Spanish media. Focusing on the online version of the two most influential newspapers in each country (El Mundo and El País for Spain and Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica for Italy) from 2015 to 2020, the results show how Muslims in both countries are mostly framed either related to terrorism or within the general discourse on immigration. In both cases, they are portrayed as “others”. The article also presents a novelty, defining and observing two different types of Islamophobia, Banal and Ontological Islamophobia.

KW - Content analysis

KW - Islam

KW - Islamophobia

KW - Italy

KW - Media

KW - Muslims

KW - Representation

KW - Spain

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108656564&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/rel12060427

DO - 10.3390/rel12060427

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85108656564

SN - 2077-1444

VL - 12

JO - Religions

JF - Religions

IS - 6

M1 - 427

ER -

What kind of islamophobia? Representation of muslims and islam in Italian and Spanish media

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this