ABSTRACT This article discusses news about Muslims via one researcher’s social media news feeds after the Christchurch tragedy. Using intercultural and Islamic communication theories, the contents of several news stories are analysed for their contribution to the Muslim person’s identity. Findings reveal four main categories: Muslim women and hijab; religion and terrorism; media, government, democracy and the politics of oppression; and representation of the Muslim voice. Substantial news content also depicts peace, love and forgiveness in its presentation of the human angle in New Zealand media. There is a significant shift from the negative othering rhetoric of international media to an inclusive national approach in the tone of the New Zealand press. However, Muslim narratives reveal that structural discrimination and systemic oppression do exist and pose safety and identity challenges. While news continues to divide and unite people depending on the press agenda, their depictions of Islam and Muslims have potentially major influences and serious consequences on the Muslim person’s identity within the local and global Muslim communities.

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基督城清真寺大屠杀后的新闻媒体和穆斯林身份

摘要本文通过一位研究人员的社交媒体新闻提要讨论了基督城悲剧发生后有关穆斯林的新闻。使用跨文化和伊斯兰传播理论，分析了几个新闻故事的内容对穆斯林人身份的贡献。调查结果揭示了四个主要类别：穆斯林妇女和头巾；宗教和恐怖主义；媒体、政府、民主和压迫政治；和代表穆斯林的声音。大量新闻内容在新西兰媒体以人为本的呈现中也描绘了和平、爱和宽恕。在新西兰媒体的语气中，国际媒体的负面言论发生了重大转变，转变为包容性的全国态度。然而，穆斯林的叙述表明，结构性歧视和系统性压迫确实存在，并带来安全和身份挑战。虽然新闻继续根据新闻议程分裂和团结人们，但他们对伊斯兰教和穆斯林的描述对当地和全球穆斯林社区中穆斯林人的身份具有潜在的重大影响和严重后果。