%0 Journal Article %T The Industry of Islamophobia as a Rising Trend: A Panorama of Researches on American Media %A Abdulkadir G£¿lc¨¹ %A Fatma Bet¨¹l Ayd£¿n Varol %J - %D 2018 %X Islamophobia, which has a long history, is now regarded as one of the other modernizing ideological ideologies such as ethnocentrism (racism), zenophobia (foreign fear), anti semitism. But what separates Islamophobia from this alienating intellectual heritage is the effort to produce it systematically by certain interest groups, using material instruments as well as spiritual arguments. Islamophobia, which has become an industry today, shows itself in the whole of everyday life practices touching from media to politics, from non-profit organizations to education. Designed in this problematic framework, this study also includes a review of the results of researches conducted in the United States about the media, which affects masses with publications containing explicit or implicit messages about Islam / Muslims. Although the researchers and American public opinion subjected these researches are not only the main objects but also the main subjects of these researches, objective and original results have emerged. In line with these results; Islamophobic discourses are used in the media, and Islam/Muslims have little opportunity to express themselves in the media and perhaps most importantly, the negative movements of Muslims or the crimes they commit are being circulated in media circles with a prejudiced generalization proces %K £¿slamofobi %K £¿slamofobi End¨¹strisi %K Medya %K Sosyal Ara£¿t£¿rmalar %U http://dergipark.org.tr/mediad/issue/37949/421153