Symbols and labels in war reporting: a study on the nature of prejudice from the perspectives of general semantics / Mohd Rajib Ab. Ghani and Faridah Ibrahim

• Main Authors: Ab. Ghani, Mohd Rajib, Ibrahim, Faridah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CMIWS and UiTM Press 2011
• Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Moral and ethical aspects; Mass media and war. War in mass media; Attribution of news. Reporters and reporting
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10959/1/AJ_MOHD%20RAJIB%20AB.%20GHANI%20JMIW%2011.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10959/; https://jmiw.uitm.edu.my/

The September 11th incident has further reinforced the already existing two-value perception between the Western and the Muslim world. Violence, atrocities, uncivilised and cruelties have been equated with the Muslim world. After the incident, Muslims are labelled as terrorists. These ill-conceiv...