9/11 and media coverage of Muslims

The twentieth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks is an opportune moment to take stock of the impact of those attacks on the U.S. media’s coverage of Muslims and Islam. We wrote a short article highlighting and building on some key findings in the book.

What did 9/11 mean for U.S. media coverage of Muslims and Islam?

In this article, we focus on broad patterns and trends in the coverage of Muslims to better understand the effect of 9/11. We show that key changes in the content of coverage were both nearly instantaneous and persistent.