SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Moral Panic, Racialization, Detergent
4 Mar 2019
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Asian women: exotic, fetishization, subservient, high-maintenance, money-hungry. One man"s terrorist is another man"s freedom fighter (ganor, 2002): those with power define what acts/groups qualify as terrorism. Change in perception and treatment of south asian (particularly muslim, communities) since 9/11. South asian communities and muslims have now become the ultimate other . Now middle eastern is synonymous with terrorist . Said: not a new phenomenon, but the demonization of muslims has certainly. Widespread belief that arabs/muslims are incompatible with western values and traditions: race, ethnicity, religion. People are not just passive recipients of media messages. Evaluate information we receive from the media. Two-step flow of communication : a movement of information and ideas from the media to opinion leaders and from them, to other people in their social networks. Media messages are not our only influence. Yet, individuals still tend to accept media definitions of reality. Media content is intertwined with the structure of media ownership.
