Representation of Muslims on various media platforms

Running head: RACE, ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY
Representation of Muslims on various media platforms
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RACE, ETHINICITY AND IDENTITY
Table of contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Literature review........................................................................................................................2
Methodology..............................................................................................................................3
Findings......................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

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RACE, ETHINICITY AND IDENTITY
Introduction
A society is comprised of various sects and religions. Of these, Muslims are one of
the sect. The people of this religion consider Quran as their holy book. They worship Quran,
as it consists of God’s (Prophet Muhammad) teaching. These teaching are recorded in
traditional accounts known as hadith. Along with this, manuscripts are also the evidence,
which reflects the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. According to Harvey, (2013), Islam is
perceived as one of the fastest growing religions of the world. The youth have been found to
access fatwas online. Along with this, evidence has also been found about building virtual
communities in case of the Muslims. This discussion delves deeper into the representation of
Muslims on social media.
Discussion
According to the research, Muslims have gained popularity in the platform of social
media. As a matter of specification, in Arabian countries, Facebook is a common social
media platform. The number of users have crossed 45,194,452 users. The next position is
gained by Twitter with 2,099,706 users. Based on the statistics, Arab gains the second
position after United States in terms of social media usage (Harvey, 2013). This is also in
terms of YouTube viewing. Mention of Saudi Arabia needs to be made in this case for
possessing 90 million followers for the videos. These aspects project the importance of social
media platforms in the life of Muslims.
American war gave rise to Islamophobia, which reflected the various stereotypical
representation of Muslims populations on social media. Some of the deliberate attempts to
counter Islamophobia yielded positive outcomes. However, some of the encounter compelled
the Muslims to encounter stereotypical media representation. Typical example of this can be
the portrayal of Sayid Jarrah’s character in Lost. He was the only Muslim character on the