Representation of Islam and Muslims in Slovenia

Religija islam ter njeni predstavniki so v slovenskih medijih pogosto prisotni, in to kljub dejstvu, da je večina Slovencev katoličanov ter je muslimanov v Sloveniji sorazmerno malo. Islam in muslimani so v medijih reprezentirani na način, ki jih prikazuje v povezavi s stereotipi, kot so nasilje, neenakopravnost žensk, terorizem, nazadnjaškost ter »drugačnost« od naše, zahodne družbe. Ti stereotipi segajo daleč nazaj in so se širili tudi na račun orientalizma. Večina novic z omembo islama ali muslimanov je negativnih ter prikazuje religijo islam in njene vernike v povezavi z negativnimi, nasilnimi dejanji. Pričujoča diplomska naloga preučuje reprezentacijo islama ter muslimanov v novicah spletnih informacijskih portalov. V reprezentaciji islama je moč zaznati trend reciklažnega novinarstva, pri katerem se novinarji zaradi časovne stiske zanašajo na informacijska nadomestila tiskovnih agencij, zaradi česar pa se v veliko novicah ponavljajo identični označevalci religije islam ter muslimanov. Vse to vpliva na način in konotacijo reprezentacije islama, na podlagi katere se pri bralcih oblikuje pogled na religijo islam in na njene predstavnike.The religion of Islam and its representatives are frequently present in Slovenian media despite the fact that the majority of the Slovenians is catholic and that the number of Muslims in Slovenia is relatively small. In media, Islam and the Muslims are represented with a relation to stereotypes of violence, women\u27s inequality, terrorism, archaism and general oddity compared to our western society. These stereotypes go a long way back and they have spread also on account of orientalism. The majority of news mentioning Islam or the Muslims is negative and displays the religion and its followers with a relation to negative, violent acts. The thesis studies the representation of Islam and the Muslims in the news of Slovenian online news portals. In the representation of Islam there is a trend of recycling journalism where journalists - due to time constraints - rely on information supplements of news agencies. Therefore, the identifiers of Islam and the Muslims are the same in a lot of news, which further affects the representation of Islam and shapes the reader\u27s view of Islam and its representatives