Canadian Muslim immigrants and Western mainstream media

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dc.contributor.authorTuz-Atkinson, Michaelle V.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorLee, Bonnie K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-10T18:02:09Z
dc.date.available2019-07-10T18:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to discover how Canadian Muslim immigrants perceive Western mainstream media’s representations of Muslims, and how they felt it affected their social integration. Muslim immigrant adults, five males and five females who lived in Canada for at least two years, were interviewed. Participants commented on three Western mainstream news items they identified as representing Muslims positively, neutrally, and negatively, and they ranked their sense of belonging. Findings revealed that Western mainstream media influenced how immigrants felt, viewed themselves, and how they thought others perceived them, potentially impacting their emotions and mental health. Participants’ responses differed, seemingly due to how much they engaged with media, their relationships with the media, and their social and personal vulnerability. The impact of Western media centred around themes of identity construction, accuracy in media reporting, social education, and the power of the media. Although the media exerts an influence on participants’ sense of belonging in Canada, they their attribute social interactions with others to even more significantly influence their belonging.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5455
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0631en_US
dc.proquest.subject0708en_US
dc.proquest.subject0628en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectCanadian Muslim immigrantsen_US
dc.subjectethnic perceptionsen_US
dc.subjectmedia portrayalsen_US
dc.subjectMuslims in mainstream mediaen_US
dc.subjectsense of belongingen_US
dc.subjectsocial integrationen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleCanadian Muslim immigrants and Western mainstream mediaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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