JOUR-C 201: Muslims in the News
Spring 2011
Eight Weeks Course – 1st Session (Non-majors only)
Instructor: Ammina Kothari
abkothar@indiana.edu
MW: 5:45 - 7:45 p.m.
Ernie Pyle Room 214
Course Description:
Are you interested in understanding the media coverage around current controversies associated with Islam and Muslims such as the “Ground-Zero” Park 51 Islamic Center debate and the “International Burn a Koran Day”? In this course we will explore how Muslims are presented in the media and the interaction between the coverage and its intended audience. We will discuss, with numerous examples of each, the rise of Islamophobia in America and in the West; and the spread of Westernophobia, fear of western influences, in the Muslim world.
Spring 2011
Eight Weeks Course – 1st Session (Non-majors only)
Instructor: Ammina Kothari
abkothar@indiana.edu
MW: 5:45 - 7:45 p.m.
Ernie Pyle Room 214
Course Description:
Are you interested in understanding the media coverage around current controversies associated with Islam and Muslims such as the “Ground-Zero” Park 51 Islamic Center debate and the “International Burn a Koran Day”? In this course we will explore how Muslims are presented in the media and the interaction between the coverage and its intended audience. We will discuss, with numerous examples of each, the rise of Islamophobia in America and in the West; and the spread of Westernophobia, fear of western influences, in the Muslim world.
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