Mediální reprezentace zásahu v pražských mešitách a její reflexe muslimy žijícími v ČR
Media Representation of the Intervention in Prague Mosques and the Response by Muslims Living in the Czech Republic

Summary/Abstract: This paper combines two research topics. The first one is an analysis of media representation of the police intervention in Prague mosques on 25 April 2014. Articles published on the online servers Aktualne.cz, denik.cz, iDnes.cz, IhNED.cz, Lidovky.cz, novinky.cz and in the printed newspapers MF Dnes, Právo, Lidové Noviny, hospodářské noviny from April 2014 to December 2014 were analysed in terms of a content analysis and interpretative reading with the goal of determining the key frames in which media referred to the event. The second one focuses on the responses of a specific social group, Muslims living in the Czech Republic, to the media representation of this event. Data collected in half-structured interviews revealed that the majority of the informants perceived it as too shallow which conformed with the official explanation of the event by state representatives. In accordance with hall’s categorization, one can speak of an oppositional reading. The study reveals the stigmatization of Muslims living in the Czech Republic by the media framing of the event.

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