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    Australian Muslim responses to the discourse on terrorism in the Australian popular media

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    Authors
    Aly, Anne
    Date
    2007
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Aly, Anne. 2007. Australian Muslim responses to the discourse on terrorism in the Australian popular media. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 42 (1): pp. 27-40.
    Source Title
    Australian Journal of Social Issues
    Additional URLs
    http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=421477217073649;res=IELHSS
    ISSN
    01576321
    School
    School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33245
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The media is often referred to as a social institution in that it is a major element of contemporary Western society. Through the media, social processes create narratives or stories within interpretative frameworks that are embedded in the cultural and political assumptions of the wider society. Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in September 2001, the media has played a crucial role in the developing discourse on contemporary terrorism. In the Australian context, this discourse has emerged as one which implicates Australian Muslims, constructing them as a homogenous monolith with an underlying implication that Islam, and by association Australian Muslims, is secular resistant and at odds with the values of the liberal democratic state. Several textual analyses attest to the bias against Muslims in the popular Australian media discourse. However, there have been no studies into how Australian Muslims are interpreting and responding to this discourse. Based on research into the attitudes and perceptions of the media among Australian Muslims, this paper argues that the interpretation of the media discourse as defiantly anti-Muslim and the perception of the media as a powerful purveyor of public opinion has impacted on the construction of Australian Muslim identity. In responding to this discourse, Australian Muslims are creating new narratives of belonging which either reinforce or reject the underlying messages that situate them outside mainstream Australia.

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