Özet:

Mass media, one of the current primary information source, is a platform in which other is fictionalized, hate speech is built for ideological purposes and perception management is made. This can be traced concretely in the contents produced by media regarding Islam and Muslims. The western media having a historical orientalist prejudice, maintaining discrimination and xenophobia has caused an increase in Islamophobic attitudes and actions with the contents it produced. In this study, the contents generated by media regarding Islam and Muslims were examined on the basis of European media case. The content analysis method was administrated in this qualitative study, including an inquiry into the media production of Islamophobia and questioning the way Islam and Muslims are represented/presented in current issues in different media types in 16 European countries. This study concluded that the statements/ expressions/ fictions caused by historical process regarding Islam and Muslims, having negative manner and including Anti-Islamism are used frequently in many print and visual media in Europe.

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