Portraits of Muslim women in the Spanish press

The "burkini" and "burqa" ban affair

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ID13106963
AuthorsCarla Calvo-Barbero (0000-0003-0227-3670, Universidad de Valladolid), Ángel Carrasco‐Campos (0000-0002-0986-5305, Universidad de Valladolid, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume33
Issue1
Pages79-92
Publication date2020-01-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunication & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2386-7876 • E-ISSN: 2386-7876
PublisherUniversidad de Navarra (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.15581/003.33.35346
OpenAlexW4312311134
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

According to diverse reports and studies, islamophobia has become a social threat in the European context. Also, several investigations indicate that Muslim women are the main victims of this type of hostility (gender islamophobia), and stress that the media shows a stereotyped image of Muslim women. This paper aims to the study, from the theory of framing, the media image of Muslim women in the Spanish press. The study focuses on the news related to the controversy arising in 2016 by the prohibition of the burkini in some regions in Europe, and the subsequent reopening of the debate on the prohibition of the integral veil in Germany. For this purpose, a quantitative content analysis has been applied to 152 news items published regarding this issue by the five newspapers with the largest circulation in Spain (El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico and ABC). The analysis consists on an exploratory study to identify the news frames following the scale of Semetko and Valkenburg (2000). In addition, an original methodological design has been applied to study the specific frames regarding Muslim women. The results indicate that, in most cases, the media representation of Muslim women focuses on the “victim” and “threat” frames, even though the “victim” frame appears to a greater extent

Advertising · Content analysis · Context (archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Frame analysis · Framing (construction · Framing (construction) · Headline · Hostility · Islam · Islamophobia · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Print media · Representation (politics · Representation (politics) · Social science · Sociology · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Media, Journalism, and Communication History · Political Dynamics in Latin America · Psychology · Social Psychology

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