Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
Deepa Kumar, a leading scholar on Islamophobia, argues that U.S. media have turned Arabs and Muslims into the new face of terror, even though only a tiny fraction of Muslims and Arabs have ever committed a terror attack, and terror attacks by homegrown right-wing violent extremist groups have far outnumbered attacks by Muslims and Arabs since Sept. 12, 2001.
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Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 2017
Runtime
0h 57m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
Director
Sut Jhally
Description
Deepa Kumar, a leading scholar on Islamophobia, argues that U.S. media have turned Arabs and Muslims into the new face of terror, even though only a tiny fraction of Muslims and Arabs have ever committed a terror attack, and terror attacks by homegrown right-wing violent extremist groups have far outnumbered attacks by Muslims and Arabs since Sept. 12, 2001.
