{"product_id":"mission-invisible-2","title":"Mission Invisible","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe attacks of 9\/11 created a philosophical and cultural shockwave felt around the world. For many Canadians, 9\/11 also produced feelings of insecurity, vulnerability, and suspicion of “Muslims” in general. Being Muslim was often seen as being Arab, and diverse Muslim communities were glossed over as if they were invisible. How did these negative attitudes come about?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany point to the role of the news media in framing and contextualizing events post-9\/11 and its complicity in reproducing racist images of Muslim minorities. \u003cem\u003eMission Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles varying racialized constructions of Muslim communities in the news during the most significant stage of reportage: the initial weeks in which the events, surrounding issues, and primary actors of 9\/11 were all first framed by journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn showing how media coverage of Muslim communities was imagined, negotiated, and represented after 9\/11, \u003cem\u003eMission Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e provides much-needed empirical evidence of how racist discourses are constructed and reinforced by the media in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ross Perigoe and Mahmoud Eid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573267038390,"sku":"9780774826495","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774826495_80cb62b6-c92c-4ac8-93f4-239d396f6e05.jpg?v=1727877099","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/mission-invisible-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}