Portrayal of Islam and Muslims on Face book by US Conventional Media

Abstract

Social network sites are evolving with more significant role in news experiencing of users. Like other social networking sites Facebook is also a source of acquiring news by its users. The study investigated the projection of Islam on Facebook by US elite print media on their pages in the year of 2017. The study also focused on the nature /topic of the issues of Islam related news content shared on Facebook by these US print media. The content analysis approach is used to assess 45 news posts. 5 news posts found positive, 34 negative and 6 neutral.