TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bail,Christopher
TI  - Terrified: how anti-Muslim fringe organizations became mainstream 
SN  - 0691159424
AV  - BP52 B153 T 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Islam
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Islamophobia
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - General
KW  - Islamophobie
KW  - USA
N1  - HKBU Library
N2  - "Bail traces how the anti-Muslim narrative of the political fringe has captivated large segments of the American media, government, and general public, validating the views of extremists who argue that the United States is at war with Islam and marginalizing mainstream Muslim-Americans who are uniquely positioned to discredit such claims.  Drawing on cultural sociology, social network theory, and social psychology, he shows how anti-Muslim organizations gained visibility in the public sphere, commandeered a sense of legitimacy, and redefined the contours of contemporary debate, shifting it ever outward toward the fringe. Bail illustrates his pioneering theoretical argument through a big-data analysis of more than one hundred organizations struggling to shape public discourse about Islam, tracing their impact on hundreds of thousands of newspaper articles, television transcripts, legislative debates, and social media messages produced since the September 11 attacks. The book also features in-depth interviews with the leaders of these organizations, providing a rare look at how anti-Muslim organizations entered the American mainstream." -- Publisher's description
ER  -