Media stereotypes fuel support for anti-Muslim action, new research shows

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Two studies measured exposure to news stories portraying Muslims as terrorists. In an additional study, participants were randomly assigned to watch one of three news clips, which portrayed Muslims in a negative, neutral or positive light. The negative story discussed the 2007 attempted terror attack at Fort Dix, the neutral clip looked at a high school changing football practice because of Ramadan, and the positive story featured Muslims volunteering during Christmas. Participants also were questioned about their perceptions and support for military or political action.
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Anderson says they expected participants who watched more Muslim-terrorist news stories and had just watched the Fort Dix news story to be more supportive of military action in Muslim countries. “That fits well with what media effects scholars have known for years,” Anderson said. But what most dismayed him and his colleagues was the level of support that participants expressed for restricting the freedoms of Muslim Americans.
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Read more at: phys.org/news/2016-02-media-stereotypes-fuel-anti-muslim-action.html#jCp
 
With the upmost respect for the OT and author(s) of the article, uh duh.

Mainstream media is 24/7 propaganda machine, which is why I gave up the news industry completely and opted for a career in service.
 
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