Anti-Islam Propaganda and Its Effects

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ID12955692
AuthorsFloris Müller (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Liesbet Van Zoonen (0000-0002-6892-1645, Loughborough University), Fadi Hirzalla (0009-0003-2679-7564, Utrecht University)
Year2014
Volume7
Issue1
Pages82-100
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Journal of Culture and Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1873-9857 • E-ISSN: 1873-9865
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18739865-00701006
OpenAlexW47921792
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In 2008, a short Dutch anti-Islam propaganda movie called Fitna caused global public outrage and a brief media storm. Such attention is generally considered undesirable ‘mediahype’ that increases the number of people that will view the film and thus potentially also its societal impact. In this article, however, we present a theoretical model that suggests that extensive media coverage may, in some cases, actually serve to diminish the impact of anti-Islam propaganda. We demonstrate the validity of this model using an experimental study on the effects of the movie Fitna on non-Muslim viewers. The results show that those viewers who had followed this debate closely were less affected by Fitna . These effects were upheld even when we controlled for their political preferences and educational levels; this suggests that exposure to extensive debate about anti-Islam propaganda may serve to ‘inoculate’ non-Muslim viewers against its fear-based appeal

Appeal · Criminology · Islam · Media studies · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Social and Intergroup Psychology

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