Sociology 3363F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Contest, Islamic Fundamentalism, Al-Qaeda

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 3363F/G
• Professor: Thomas Cooke

Document Summary

The othering of muslims: discourses of radicalization in the new york times, 1969 . Various perspectives within the othering paradigm to analyze the emergence and transformation of radicalization discourses in the news media. Radicalization discourses are not new but are the result of complex sociolinguistic and historical developments that cannot be reduced to dominant contemporary understandings of the concept or to singular events or crises. The othering paradigm: constructing notions of us and them . Representations of muslims in western media are often associated with violence and conflict, most notably terrorism. Muslims continue to be negativized by the western media, particularly since the events of 9/11. Ignore violence committed by us and rather focus on negative behavior of them . Religion is thus used in governmental and popular discourse as a symbolic marker by which conflicts around economic and political interests regard- ing the middle east are understood by the west.