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Strategies for enhancing the understanding of Islam in the media

During the last two decades, the world witnessed a meteoric rise in the role played by the media in influencing human perceptions of other people, places, and things. This tremendous influence has had both beneficial and detrimental consequences for individuals and communities across the globe. Musl...

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Main Author: Yousif, Ahmed F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America 2011
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BP1 Islam
H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.84972013-02-13T19:48:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8497/ Strategies for enhancing the understanding of Islam in the media Yousif, Ahmed F. BP1 Islam H Social Sciences (General) During the last two decades, the world witnessed a meteoric rise in the role played by the media in influencing human perceptions of other people, places, and things. This tremendous influence has had both beneficial and detrimental consequences for individuals and communities across the globe. Muslims have experienced firsthand the harmful impact of the media and its ability to negatively influence public opinion. How has such a state of affairs come about? Why is Islam so misunderstood in the global media, and more importantly, how can this situation be remedied? This paper will examine some of the reasons for the media’s misunderstanding of Islam, first in the Western world and second in the Muslim world. Subsequently, it will propose various strategies for enhancing the Western and Muslim media’s understanding of Islam. Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America 2011 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8497/1/AHMAD_YOUSIF_Pages_from_AJISS_28-1.pdf Yousif, Ahmed F. (2011) Strategies for enhancing the understanding of Islam in the media. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 28 (1). pp. 106-125. ISSN 0742-6763 http://www.amss.org/AJISS/
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H Social Sciences (General)
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H Social Sciences (General)
Yousif, Ahmed F.
Strategies for enhancing the understanding of Islam in the media
description During the last two decades, the world witnessed a meteoric rise in the role played by the media in influencing human perceptions of other people, places, and things. This tremendous influence has had both beneficial and detrimental consequences for individuals and communities across the globe. Muslims have experienced firsthand the harmful impact of the media and its ability to negatively influence public opinion. How has such a state of affairs come about? Why is Islam so misunderstood in the global media, and more importantly, how can this situation be remedied? This paper will examine some of the reasons for the media’s misunderstanding of Islam, first in the Western world and second in the Muslim world. Subsequently, it will propose various strategies for enhancing the Western and Muslim media’s understanding of Islam.
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title_short Strategies for enhancing the understanding of Islam in the media
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publisher Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America
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