Despite making up one quarter of the world’s population, Muslims are severely underrepresented on television – and when they are represented, they’re depicted as shallow stereotypes
Researchers from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism analyzed over 200 TV series that aired between 2018 and 2019, hoping to understand how Muslims were portrayed on popular shows.They found that only 1% of speaking characters were Muslim -- whereas 25% of the world's population is Muslim.And across the 200 TV series, only 12 series regulars were Muslim, the study found.
Muslims tended to be depicted as"foreign," speaking accented English or not speaking English at all. Almost a third of Muslim speaking characters were violent against other characters -- and 40% were the targets of violence.Muslim women tended to be depicted as"fearful and endangered," according to the study. They were shown mostly as the victims of threats and violence.
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