The present study took an actor-based approach to explain news differentiation in terrorism
coverage. Actors were defined as non-Muslim sources, Muslim sources, and journalists …

Given that terrorism is omnipresent on social media, it is imperative to study how seeing
terror content online is related to individuals' attitudes, behaviors, and emotions. This study …

Terrorism has the potential to divide societies. It is particularly relevant to investigate how
Islamist terrorism on social media is associated with Muslim minorities' attitudes and …

Media coverage on terrorism can lead to negative attitudes toward Muslims. We theorize that
undifferentiated news—ie, not explicitly distinguishing Muslims from terrorists—can …

This paper reviews current research on the oppressive and dehumanizing use of language
by those in political power to promote essentialist thought about oppositional groups …

Social media, as an important resource of information for many contentious topics, has great
affective potential in terms of anger and fear. We investigated how exposure to news about …

This paper analyses reporting on the topic of Islam in Switzerland from 2018 until the end of
2020. A quantitative content analysis of 715 articles from 10 newspapers in German and …

Differentiation between terrorists and Muslims can mitigate the negative effects of terrorism
news. In this study, participants were shown Islamist terrorism news in a quota-based 2 …

Muslim religious professionals are caught between the expectations of the community they
serve and belong to and the expectations of the society they live in. Drawing on Helmut …

The intensive news coverage about terrorist attacks committed by the so-called Islamic State
(IS) has raised concerns about unwanted effects on intergroup relations between Muslims …