مجلة روافد للبحوث والدراسات
Volume 8, Numéro 2, Pages 17-30
2024-03-31
On-screen Discourse On Terrorism: Hollywood Representation Of Arabs And Muslims Pre- And Post-9/11 Attacks
Authors : Elbah Zoulaikha .
Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to shed light on Hollywood representation of Arabs and Muslims in terrorist discourse. It seeks to answer, especially, three main questions: How does Hollywood discourse depict Arabs and Muslims pre and post 9/11? What is the ideological stance of Western politics towards them? Did pre 9/11 discourse predict 9/11 event? To answer these questions, we have formulated three main hypotheses. The first states that Hollywood discourse depicts Arabs and Muslims in both pre and post 9/11 in a negative way. The second states that western politics considers them as radical terrorists. The third states that pre- 9/11 discourse has predicted terrorist attacks against U.S. territory. To analyse on-screen discourse, we have adopted Van Dijk’s model of Ideological Discourse Analysis. The chosen data consider two films before and after 9/11. The analysis of on-screen discourse reveals that all hypotheses are confirmed.
Keywords
Arabs and Muslims ; 9/11 Event ; On-Screen discourse ; Terrorism ; Ideology
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