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In what ways are Media representations of Islam a continuation of Orientalism
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In what ways are Media representations of Islam a continuation of Orientalism? Discuss with reference to one specific Media event. This essay aims to provide an accurate picture of how today's Western media purposely produce negative, culturally constructed views of Islam and the Muslims around the world. Islam is usually presented as being medieval, 'backwards', uncivilised and irrational as well as an obscure group of people who follow a heretical religion. Using the unfortunate events from September 11 2001 as the main context, the essay will try to demonstrate how these misconceptions in the media are not the result of these events alone, but more importantly history has shown it as part of an ancient myth, created culturally dating back to the enlightenment period. To clarify this assertion, we need to refer to Edward Said's discourse on Orientalism. It illustrates how Islam was studied in the past compared to how...
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