Fakta og fiktion om muslimer i danske medier

Abstract

Fakta og fiktion om muslimer i danske medierMediernes forenklede daekning af islam, voldelig ekstremisme og integrationsproblemer har gennem de seneste år resulteret i en raekke ukonstruktive politiske tiltag. I denne artikel ser vi naermere på mediernes daekning og den politiske debat i køl-vandet på terrorangrebet i København i februar 2015 og TV2's serie af dokumentarprogrammer om forholdene i danske moskeer fra marts 2016. Disse to eksempler illustrerer, hvordan mediernes daekning ikke blot har skabt en voldsom, følelsesbetonet og forplumret politisk debat, men også har medvirket til at eskalere de problemer, man har ønsket at afdaekke. Som forskere er vi bekymrede for denne udvikling, hvor vi ser en stigende tendens til, at både private og licensbetalte nyhedsmedier prioriterer sensation, drama og frygt over saglighed. Desuden vaekker det vores bekymring, at landets lovgivere tilsyneladende lader sig diktere af mediernes daekning. De to eksempler, vi diskuterer i denne artikel, har således både resulteret i nye lovtiltag og aendringer af eksisterende lovgivning. Ikke desto mindre er det svaert at se, hvordan politikere skulle reagere anderledes. Politikerne bliver ligesom almindelige borgere påvirket af mediernes daekning og er nødt til at vise handlekraft i forhold til de problemer, medierne skildrer. Men hvis mediernes daekning af

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