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" Reactions to Anti-Muslim Violence and Islamophobia in the United States: A Thematic Analysis of Responses by Online Commenters and the Psychological Implications for Muslim Americans "
Kareem Wasim
Benson-Flórez, Gregory
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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805090
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TL49939
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2054017502; 10791153
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King, Matthew
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Reactions to Anti-Muslim Violence and Islamophobia in the United States: A Thematic Analysis of Responses by Online Commenters and the Psychological Implications for Muslim Americans\ Kareem WasimBenson-Flórez, Gregory
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
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2018
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Psy.D.
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Clinical Psychology
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2018
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81
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Committee members: Bothne, Nancy J.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-438-01173-1
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Since September 11, 2001, Muslim Americans have been under increased scrutiny in communities around the United States. Skewed media representation has fueled a growing sentiment of hostility and distrust against Muslims. Viewed through a multicultural theoretical lens, the post-9/11 sentiment has resulted in greater levels of anxiety, depression, and fear among the Muslim American community throughout the country. Internet news outlets often have comment sections that allow for the public to share their views about the reported content. A thematic analysis was conducted of 191 comments from numerous online news source comment sections on articles where the identified victim of violence was a Muslim. The major themes for categorization were Islamophobic, Supportive of Muslims, and Miscellaneous. Comments that were miscellaneous often included sub-themes of bigotry, prejudice, minimization, racism, or general comments of hate. However, the target of the comments were not identifiably Muslims in these cases, therefore, were not coded as Islamophobic. The results showed that 59% of the 191 total comments were Islamophobic. Further, 20% of the comments were coded as supportive of Muslims, with the remainder of comments falling in the miscellaneous category. Additionally, all of the 191 comments were classified as Positive or Negative with regard to whether they elicited a positive feeling or a negative feeling by the reader. 82% of the comments were coded as negative, i.e., elicited feelings of anger, disappointment, fear, frustration, or sadness. Of the 82%, these included all of the Islamophobic comments in addition to any that had identified sub-themes such as bigotry, prejudice, victim blaming, guilt by association, minimization, and microaggression. If the comment sections serve as a microcosm of the public sentiment towards Muslim Americans, mental health providers will have to account for the increased levels of distress and suffering of Muslim Americans in their clinical work.
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Social psychology; Clinical psychology
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Psychology;9/11;Bigotry;Islam;Islamophobia;Muslim;Muslim American
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Benson-Flórez, Gregory
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Clinical PsychologyThe Chicago School of Professional Psychology
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