The value of Muslim and non-Muslim life: A comparative content analysis of elite American newspaper coverage of terrorism victims

A spate of terrorist attacks in the Muslim-majority world and the non-Muslim-majority West has sparked debates about an alleged double standard in Western news coverage of terrorism victims, with critics alleging Western news outlets are less concerned with Muslim victims than non-Muslim victims. Th...

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Published in:Journalism (London, England) England), 2022-02, Vol.23 (2), p.533-551
Main Authors: Elmasry, Mohamad Hamas, el-Nawawy, Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A spate of terrorist attacks in the Muslim-majority world and the non-Muslim-majority West has sparked debates about an alleged double standard in Western news coverage of terrorism victims, with critics alleging Western news outlets are less concerned with Muslim victims than non-Muslim victims. This content analysis comparatively examined American newspaper framing of two terror attacks occurring in the non-Muslim West with three attacks occurring in the Muslim-majority world. Findings show American papers covered attacks in non-Muslim-majority societies prominently and framed them as acts of terrorism, and covered attacks in Muslim-majority societies scantily and framed them as internal conflicts.
ISSN:1464-8849
1741-3001
DOI:10.1177/1464884920922388