ISLAMOPHOBIA AND DIGITAL SPACES: CASE OF TWITTER RESPONSE ON NEWS STORIES OF MANCHESTER ATTACK 5/2

Nadira Khanum

Abstract:

Digital Islamophobia is hyped through web-based social networking and blogs, however additionally through social media outlets seen on the web. Online Islamophobia has been an assault on the Muslims as well as on society overall. Particularly, the social networking website Twitter has been on the edge in the development of social and political reality, because of its comparatively easy access. (Hughes et al., 2012). This research aims to find how twitter users represent Muslims in their discourse and Islamophobic metaphors in the twitter response on Manchester attacks. The case of Twitter response on news stories was qualitatively analyzed. The study found rich Islamophobic discourse on Twitter where the hate speech and anti-Islam, anti-Muslim discourse was high and very obvious.

research from:

• Foundation University - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Year:

2020

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

Ponte Academic Journal

Volume:

76

Number:

4

Pages:

104-113

Month:

4

ISSN:

4-

DOI:

10.21506/j.ponte.2020.4.9