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The Portrayal of Arabs as Reflected in American Political Satire Shows
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Source
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Durante varios años, examinar la representación de los árabes y los musulmanes en los medios de comunicación estadounidenses se ha considerado un campo de investigación rico, que ha sido abonado por muchos estudiosos de la comunicación política. La investigación en curso explora la representación del mundo árabe y musulmán en los programas de sátira política estadounidense mediante el análisis de una muestra de chistes (N = 116) de dos programas satíricos, “The late show with Stephen Colbert” & “The Daily show with Trevor Noah”. El análisis se ha aplicado solo a chistes que están relacionados con árabes o musulmanes (desde 2017 hasta 2021). Además, la investigación en cuestión se basa en el análisis de diferentes plataformas de redes sociales, incluidas las páginas oficiales de ambos programas investigados, The Daily Show y The Late Show, en Facebook, Twitter, YouTube e Instagram. También se ha llevado a cabo un análisis textual de los primeros comentarios mostrados, (N = 140), a las publicaciones más comentadas relacionadas con árabes o musulmanes a las plataformas de redes sociales. Además, la metodología incluye un análisis comparativo de todos los datos recogidos, tanto cuantitativos como cualitativos, para evaluar las diferencias en los enfoques utilizados. Los resultados mostraron que los temas relacionados con la política y la guerra dominaron el contenido de la muestra de chistes en ambos programas. Los frames más comunes utilizados en los programas de sátira política eran el frame Issue, el frame más frecuentemente utilizado en ambos programas, y el frame Atribución de responsabilidades y Conflicto también eran frecuentes en las muestras de chistes. Además, el análisis reveló que los países árabes más mencionados en las muestras eran Arabia Saudita, Siria e Irak. Los estereotipos mencionados más comunes sobre árabes y musulmanes son que los musulmanes son terroristas, las mujeres musulmanas visten de negro y se cubren la cabeza y los hombres llevan barba; Egipto es un país conocido por las momias y Arabia Saudí es un país lleno de princesas y ricos jeques. Hay varias menciones a los famosos cuentos de las noches árabes. El análisis de datos de redes sociales demostró que Facebook era la plataforma de redes sociales más popular en términos de número de fans e interacción de los usuarios. El análisis textual reveló que la mayoría de los comentarios de los usuarios tenían un sentimiento positivo con los temas relacionados con los árabes en su contexto.
For several years, examining the image of Arabs and Muslims reflected in the American media has been considered a rich field of research that has been tackled by many political communication scholars. The research at hand is exploring the images of the Arab and Muslim world in the American political satire shows. Through analyzing a sample of (N=116) jokes from the two satirical shows, “The late show with Stephen Colbert” & “The Daily show with Trevor Noah”. The analysis was applied on jokes that are only Arab or Muslim related jokes from (2017-2021). In addition, the research at hand relied on analyzing different social media platforms including the official pages of both shows under investigation, The Daily Show and The Late Show, on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Furthermore, a textual analysis was carried out on the first displayed comments, (N=140), on the most commented posts related to Arabs or Muslims on the social media platforms. Moreover, the methodology included a comparative analysis for the whole data gathered, both quantitative and qualitative, to assess the differences in approaches used in tackling Arab related issues in the shows. Results showed that politics and war related topics dominated the content of the sample jokes in both shows. Moreover, the most common frames used in the political satire shows, were the Issue frame being the highest frame used in both shows along with, Attribution of responsibility and Conflict frame were also frequently apparent in the sample jokes. In addition, the analysis revealed the most mentioned Arab countries in the sample jokes were Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. The most common mentioned stereotypes about Arabs and Muslim were that Muslims are terrorists, Muslim women are dressed in black and covering their heads and men are with beards, Egypt is a country known for mummies and Saudi Arabia is a country full of princess and wealthy sheiks and a several mentions to the famous Arabian nights tales. The Social media data analysis demonstrated that, Facebook was the most popular social media platform in terms of number of fans and interaction of users across all the social media platforms. The textual analysis revealed that majority of users` comments had positive sentiment with the topics related to Arabs in their context.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de Doctorat en Mitjans, Comunicació i Cultura
For several years, examining the image of Arabs and Muslims reflected in the American media has been considered a rich field of research that has been tackled by many political communication scholars. The research at hand is exploring the images of the Arab and Muslim world in the American political satire shows. Through analyzing a sample of (N=116) jokes from the two satirical shows, “The late show with Stephen Colbert” & “The Daily show with Trevor Noah”. The analysis was applied on jokes that are only Arab or Muslim related jokes from (2017-2021). In addition, the research at hand relied on analyzing different social media platforms including the official pages of both shows under investigation, The Daily Show and The Late Show, on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Furthermore, a textual analysis was carried out on the first displayed comments, (N=140), on the most commented posts related to Arabs or Muslims on the social media platforms. Moreover, the methodology included a comparative analysis for the whole data gathered, both quantitative and qualitative, to assess the differences in approaches used in tackling Arab related issues in the shows. Results showed that politics and war related topics dominated the content of the sample jokes in both shows. Moreover, the most common frames used in the political satire shows, were the Issue frame being the highest frame used in both shows along with, Attribution of responsibility and Conflict frame were also frequently apparent in the sample jokes. In addition, the analysis revealed the most mentioned Arab countries in the sample jokes were Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. The most common mentioned stereotypes about Arabs and Muslim were that Muslims are terrorists, Muslim women are dressed in black and covering their heads and men are with beards, Egypt is a country known for mummies and Saudi Arabia is a country full of princess and wealthy sheiks and a several mentions to the famous Arabian nights tales. The Social media data analysis demonstrated that, Facebook was the most popular social media platform in terms of number of fans and interaction of users across all the social media platforms. The textual analysis revealed that majority of users` comments had positive sentiment with the topics related to Arabs in their context.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de Doctorat en Mitjans, Comunicació i Cultura