Comments on: The portrayal of violence and muslims in the media http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: fmk http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31903 fmk Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:50:04 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31903 in terms of portrayal of victims, this is obviously not just an irish issue, but one which affects all media. i know the guardian regularly wrings its hands over the use of pictures of dead foreigners on its front page, when it is afraid to show pictures of dead brits / americans in the same place. various submissions to the bci (for their code of programme standards) have drawn attention to the fact that we are too often fed images from overseas which would be deemed insensitive if they came from this country. what's to be done about it? legislate? or simply turn off the media that is causing the offence? as for the portrayal of muslims - my younger brother moved to egypt and converted to islam several years ago and i have to confess, there does seem to be an awful lot of ignorance in the west about what it means to be a muslim. the irish analogy is actually apt, which is why witnessing irish media mis-respresenting muslims seems doubly offensive. as for sky et al - you do have to consider a wider issue, which is how they portray any debate, not just the muslim issue. everything is about soundbytes and guests are all too often selected for the fact that the they can be counted on to say something controversial. in terms of portrayal of victims, this is obviously not just an irish issue, but one which affects all media. i know the guardian regularly wrings its hands over the use of pictures of dead foreigners on its front page, when it is afraid to show pictures of dead brits / americans in the same place. various submissions to the bci (for their code of programme standards) have drawn attention to the fact that we are too often fed images from overseas which would be deemed insensitive if they came from this country. what’s to be done about it? legislate? or simply turn off the media that is causing the offence?

as for the portrayal of muslims - my younger brother moved to egypt and converted to islam several years ago and i have to confess, there does seem to be an awful lot of ignorance in the west about what it means to be a muslim. the irish analogy is actually apt, which is why witnessing irish media mis-respresenting muslims seems doubly offensive.

as for sky et al - you do have to consider a wider issue, which is how they portray any debate, not just the muslim issue. everything is about soundbytes and guests are all too often selected for the fact that the they can be counted on to say something controversial.

]]> By: ainelivia http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31894 ainelivia Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:43:11 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31894 Absolutely agree with Richard's comment. I recall when the standard media reporting of Northern Ireland usually identified the interviewee with a particular religion; and the standard question was, "do you condemn the terrorists?" Absolutely agree with Richard’s comment. I recall when the standard media reporting of Northern Ireland usually identified the interviewee with a particular religion; and the standard question was, “do you condemn the terrorists?”

]]> By: Richard http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31893 Richard Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:38:37 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0815/the-portrayal-of-violence-and-muslims-in-the-media/#comment-31893 "do you support terrorism or not?" - well when you having an American president saying that 'you're either with us or with the terrorists' (I paraphrase) what can you expect? The world is increasingly being painted in black and white tones by those in power. This type of outlook unfortunately seems to be self-fulfilling as more and more people are becoming marginalised. “do you support terrorism or not?” - well when you having an American president saying that ‘you’re either with us or with the terrorists’ (I paraphrase) what can you expect?

The world is increasingly being painted in black and white tones by those in power. This type of outlook unfortunately seems to be self-fulfilling as more and more people are becoming marginalised.

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