Vol. 12, Iss. 1, 2018

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“The Best Damn Representation of Islam:” Muslims, Gender, Social Media, and Islamophobia in the United States

10 May 2018

“The Best Damn Representation of Islam:” Muslims, Gender, Social Media, and Islamophobia in the United States
Stine Eckert, Sydney O’Shay Wallace, Jade Metzger-Riftkin, Sean Kolhoff Article Islamophobia reached new heights during the 2016 United States presidential election. We applied the theory of intersectionality to 15 in-depth focus group interviews conducted in gender-separated groups with 61 Muslim participants (41 women, 20 men) in South East Michigan between October 2016 and April 2017 to understand the role of gender in their responses regarding Islamophobia during the 2016 United States presidential election and Trump’s…

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Cultural Adoption Through Online Practices Across Social Media Platforms: The Case of Saudi Women

10 May 2018

Cultural Adoption Through Online Practices Across Social Media Platforms: The Case of Saudi Women
Ghayda Aljuwaiser Article This article reports ongoing qualitative research into Saudi women’s online practices across several social media platforms (SMP). It is based on eight semi-structured interviews conducted between March and September 2015 with four Saudi women from different cities in Saudi Arabia. This work’s findings address the knowledge gap between the accelerating consumption of SMP and the limited existing scholarly literature to understand empirically the relationship between…

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Echoes of Populism and Terrorism in Libya’s Online News Reporting

10 May 2018

Echoes of Populism and Terrorism in Libya’s Online News Reporting
Letizia Lombezzi Article This article focuses on news reporting in Libya, assessing both official and citizen journalism. Special attention is paid to online resources, primarily spontaneous posts written in Arabic. Social media shows the emergence of citizen journalism together with so-called User-generated Content. Both have proved capable of creating legitimacy. Political inclinations, including Islamic ideology and its religious claims, are presented, supported, or criticized by ordinary citizens who…

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American-Muslims’ E-Jihad: Trumping Islamophobia in the Trump Era

10 May 2018

American-Muslims’ E-Jihad: Trumping Islamophobia in the Trump Era
Sahar Khamis Comment Islamophobia, or the irrational, exaggerated fear of Islam and Muslims, has been on the rise lately in the United States, especially after President Trump came to office. Some of the worst Islamophobes launched their campaigns online, using the Internet as a platform to spout hatred and fuel anger and discrimination against immigrants and minorities, in general, and Muslims, in particular. In an effort to counter…

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