Who is the Muslim? Discursive Representations of the Muslims and Islam in Indian Prime Time News

Drabu, Onaiza

doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0138.v1

2018

DOI: 10.20944/preprints201808.0138.v1

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Who is the Muslim? Discursive Representations of the Muslims and Islam in Indian Prime Time News

Onaiza Drabu¹

Abstract: Abstract:A cursory look at Indian prime time news tells us much about the tone and tenor of the 8 people associated with it. Exaggerations, hyperbole, and tempers run wild and news anchors flail 9 in theatrical rage. News channels and news editors display their ideological affiliations 10 subliminally. These affiliations -a factor of personal political stance, funding bodies, and 11 investors -lead to partisan bias in the framing of news and, in some cases, can easily translate into 12 racial prejudice. In thi… Show more

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The Representation of the Placemaking Process of Urban Religious and Secular Turkish Identities: The Case of Kizilcik Şerbeti (One Love) Soap Opera

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During a 2-year period, the depictions of religious figures and their interactions with secular individuals in urban daily life became an integral feature of Turkish soap operas that gained popularity in the world after the 1990s. While previous studies have explored the portrayal of various actors in them in terms of age, gender, socio-economic status, and historical perspectives, there is a lack of analysis regarding the interaction between secular and religious urban representations. This research aims to investigate the differences in everyday cosmopolitan perspectives in terms of spatiality and temporality between the two groups. To examine this, the soap opera Kızılcık Şerbeti (One Love) was analysed. Research has shown that when two groups develop their identities in opposition to one another, it leads to the emergence of different temporal and spatial dimensions within the same urban setting. While it seems unfeasible to reconcile the daily routines of both groups in the same place, age, gender, education, and class make negotiation possible in shared spaces. This draws attention to the intersectional approach rather than the binary positions of identities in the placemaking process. The main contribution of this research is to integrate religion, which has been forgotten in human geography, into geographical and sociological discussions by focusing on an intersectional approach in an urban context.

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Who is the Muslim? Discursive Representations of the Muslims and Islam in Indian Prime Time News

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Muslims’ Representation in Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim-Islam Statement: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Muslims’ Representation in Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim-Islam Statement: A Critical Discourse Analysis

The Burden of Being a Muslim Woman in India—The Instrumentalisation of Muslim Women at the Intersection of Gender, Religion, Colonialism, and Secularism

The Representation of the Placemaking Process of Urban Religious and Secular Turkish Identities: The Case of Kizilcik Şerbeti (One Love) Soap Opera

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