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Social Science Media Studies

Mission Invisible

Race, Religion, and News at the Dawn of the 9/11 Era

by (author) Ross Perigoe & Mahmoud Eid

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2014
Category
Media Studies, Islamic Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774826495
    Publish Date
    Mar 2014
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774826471
    Publish Date
    Mar 2014
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774826488
    Publish Date
    Nov 2014
    List Price
    $34.95

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For many Canadians, the attacks of 9/11 produced feelings of insecurity, vulnerability, and suspicion of “Muslims.” How did these negative attitudes come about? Many point to the complicity of the news media in reproducing racist images of Muslim minorities. Mission Invisible chronicles varying racialized constructions of Muslim communities in the news during the most significant stage of reportage: the initial weeks when the events, issues, and primary actors of 9/11 were all first framed by journalists. By unravelling the discourse and rhetoric of news coverage in Canada at the dawn of the 9/11 era, this book not only uncovers racist representations of Muslim communities but also reveals the discursive processes that rendered this racism invisible.

About the authors

Ross Perigoe's profile page

Mahmoud Eid is an associate professor at the Department of Communication, University of Ottawa. He is the author of Interweavement: International Media Ethics and Rational Decision-Making (2008), editor of Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia (2014) and Research Methods in Communication (2011), and the co-editor of Basics in Communication and Media Studies (2012), among other publications.

Mahmoud Eid's profile page