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This book presents evidence that verbal and visual symbols in the media can activate implicit prejudices towards Muslim women in the United State and that social liberals, not social conservatives, can control activation. Authors suggest media and intrapersonal interventions to mitigate the harmful consequences of gendered Islamophobia.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Historical and Current Stereotypes of Muslim Women in the United States and the Role of the Media in Their Formation
Chapter 3: Public Opinion in the United States and the Consequences of Muslim Women Stereotypes
Chapter 4: Priming and Activation Control of Stereotypes
Chapter 5: Priming Negative Stereotypes of Muslim Women: Antecedents and Consequences
Chapter 6: Semantic and Visual Primes of Stereotypes of Muslim Women: Activation and Activation Control
Chapter 7: Interventions Applied to Muslim Women
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Recommendations
Bibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Alexis Tan holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor of communication, the inaugural university faculty diversity fellow, and the founding director of the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication (1990 - 2006) at Washington State University. The recipient of a Senior Fulbright Award, Dr. Tan has lectured and done research in over 20 countries. He has written over 60 journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of Mass Communication Theories and Research; The Intercultural Communication Guidebook: Research-based Strategies for Successful Interactions; Global Communication and Media Research; Who Is Racist? Why Racism Matters (2021); and Forgotten Women: Muslim Women Stereotypes, Media Primes and Consequences (with Anastasia Vishnevskaya, 2021).
Summary
This book presents evidence that verbal and visual symbols in the media can activate implicit prejudices towards Muslim women in the United State and that social liberals, not social conservatives, can control activation. Authors suggest media and intrapersonal interventions to mitigate the harmful consequences of gendered Islamophobia.
