The construction of Islam in the British and American Press 1998-2005 a corpus-based (keywords and collocates) analysis

The construction of Islam in the British and American Press 1998-2005

• A corpus-based (keywords and collocates) analysis

• Tony McEnery

• Lancaster University

Objectives

• How do news stories construct Islam?

• Have there been any (recent) changes over time?

• Are there differences between reporting on Islam (as a religion) and Muslims (as a people)?

• Are there any differences/similarities between tabloids and broadsheets

• Are there any differences/similarities between American and British newspapers?

• How can corpus-based methods be used alongside CDA or moral panic theory?

Why Islam?

• Post WWII – demand for unskilled labour results in migration of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims to the UK

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