Citation

Chuang A, Roemer RC. Journal. Mass Commun. Q. 2013; 90(1): 89-107.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication)

DOI

10.1177/1077699012468740

PMID

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Abstract

Studies of Orientalized portrayals of Muslims have generally been distinct from studies on the Othering of immigrant Americans. This study employs concepts of insider/outsider status, applying theories of Orientalism and representations of the Other to newspaper coverage of the Muslim and Pakistani American perpetrator of the 2010 attempted Times Square bombing. Newspapers constructed a seemingly contradictory representation of Faisal Shahzad, as the apparent insider/American who becomes the alienated outsider/Other. This portrayal of the Orientalized insider establishes an emerging discourse on the "homegrown" terrorist who exists at the boundary of self and Other.

Language: en