racism as a social evil
the Impact of racism on the health and wellbeing of youn australians [https://www.fya.org.au/app/theme/default/design/assets/publications/Impact_of_Racism_FYA_report.pdf] highlight experiences and predictors of negative wellbeing caused by racism (2009)
Representation of Muslims in the Media
- "It's time the Media treated Muslims fairly" (The Guardian)
- Media Representation of Muslims 2000-2015 (access this through the State library) examines international academic studies of the media.
- "Why is media portrayal of Muslims so negaitive: Journalists weigh in" (The Chronicle, Duke University) hosted a group of journalsts discussing how negative representation occurs in the media
- Terrorists, Muslims and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages (the conversation) is a review of an rt show that attempts to deconstruct the way the media constructs negative representations of Muslims.
Overview articles from academic sources
- Islamophobia in Australia, 2014-2016 (Deakin University) - Part 4 is about Media Representation of particular events what intensdified Islamophobia in Australia.
- Mass Media Islam: The impact of Mass media on Public opinion (Australian Journalism Review) analyses a phone survey of 500 people, highlight the fact that media is not the only thing that shapes Australians' views of Muslims
Videos to watch:
- Media Watch: Reporting Terror: Balancing Fact and Fear - literally deconstructs current media, which is exactly what you need to do in yout IRP/PIP for tyhis topic.
- https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/en/article/2018/02/18/muslims-us-reality-tv-documentary-about-australian-muslims
- https://files.clickviewapp.com/v1/files/d58d509bbc2445af909cd986328bccec
It's not just eurocentric or xenophobic articles any more; Australian Muslim voices are now being heard. How does this change the representation of Muslims?
Representnation of Muslim women
- http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/06/04/3517726.htm (also has really good links)
- https://theconversation.com/five-truths-about-the-hijab-that-need-to-be-told-63892 (deliberately breaking stereotypes)
- https://theconversation.com/how-the-hijab-has-grown-into-a-fashion-industry-74740 and https://theconversation.com/hijabers-of-instagram-the-muslim-women-challenging-stereotypes-79416 (hijabi fashion)
- https://theconversation.com/muslim-feminists-reclaim-the-hijab-to-fight-the-patriarchy-31126 (feminist politics of hijab)
- https://theconversation.com/the-poppy-hijab-is-just-islamophobia-with-a-floral-motif-33692 (british nationalist politics)