صورة الإسلام و المسلمين في الإعلام الغربي

Abstract EN

The gap today exists between those who controls and orients the media discourse into their interests and goals.

The media’s influence has been under the control of the northern countries (which are the industrialized and advanced countries and also they are dominants countries in terms of politic, economy and media) on the southern that tarnished its image.

The media portrayal plays an effective role in the consolidation of this negative image to the public which in turn transfers it to another audience.

And in this image Muslims were described as terrorists, and their religion urge them to violence and extremism, and in this way audiences with all their segments are camouflaged by the visual and written discourse.

This is the aim of this research paper, to recognize the image of Islam and Muslims in the western media.

In another words how the western media portrayed the Muslims and the Islamic religion after the September 11 attacks ?