The Role Of Gender Stereotypes In The Media
Does the media portray/promote hate toward Muslims?
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Malcom X). Media, something that is profoundly used in the 21st century, and is an outlet to reach billions across the world. Media has the power to paint a picture in the mind to those who are aware and watching. The information about Islam and Muslims is often connected to some terrible tragic story that headlined as breaking news. People who have never seen or conversed with an actual Muslim, have been exposed to negative connotations surrounded around the religion. So in the end it’s no surprise …show more content…
Like the propaganda the Jews had to endure due to the Nazis. The Nazis had turned and entire country against its own people through the distribution of hate in the media. The comparison of the propaganda in the U.S. and 1950s Nazi Germany hold some relation. For example when a GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump publicly says “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” a campaign press release said. This is just one example of many views of political public views of Muslims. The idea of people just like me not being able to live in the only place they’ve only know. The problem has recently grew due to the problems in the Middle East and the terrorist attacks. The media is unable to differentiate a stereotype from a heinous crime. Although many claims from the people responsible claiming to be a part of a religion to which its own people denounce. So the valid question must be asked “Why isn’t the media shedding light on the millions of people who dissociate terrorism as a part of …show more content…
Although I as a Muslim often see more hatred and misery in the news rather than hopeful story on Islam. There are both sides to a coin, which is what I failed to realize. That there are parts of media that try to shed light on what Islam really is, rather than the radicalization. Furthermore parts of the media the sole focuses on all the radical thinking of some people who believe to be a part of Islam. In the end all I can say is to change your perception into a unbiased slate and research Islam in all of its aspect without the radicalization of certain groups, find the good in something before you decide to follow a
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Malcom X). Media, something that is profoundly used in the 21st century, and is an outlet to reach billions across the world. Media has the power to paint a picture in the mind to those who are aware and watching. The information about Islam and Muslims is often connected to some terrible tragic story that headlined as breaking news. People who have never seen or conversed with an actual Muslim, have been exposed to negative connotations surrounded around the religion. So in the end it’s no surprise …show more content…
Like the propaganda the Jews had to endure due to the Nazis. The Nazis had turned and entire country against its own people through the distribution of hate in the media. The comparison of the propaganda in the U.S. and 1950s Nazi Germany hold some relation. For example when a GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump publicly says “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” a campaign press release said. This is just one example of many views of political public views of Muslims. The idea of people just like me not being able to live in the only place they’ve only know. The problem has recently grew due to the problems in the Middle East and the terrorist attacks. The media is unable to differentiate a stereotype from a heinous crime. Although many claims from the people responsible claiming to be a part of a religion to which its own people denounce. So the valid question must be asked “Why isn’t the media shedding light on the millions of people who dissociate terrorism as a part of …show more content…
Although I as a Muslim often see more hatred and misery in the news rather than hopeful story on Islam. There are both sides to a coin, which is what I failed to realize. That there are parts of media that try to shed light on what Islam really is, rather than the radicalization. Furthermore parts of the media the sole focuses on all the radical thinking of some people who believe to be a part of Islam. In the end all I can say is to change your perception into a unbiased slate and research Islam in all of its aspect without the radicalization of certain groups, find the good in something before you decide to follow a