The study suggests that more restrained media reporting of the Sydney hostage situation, in which the hostage taker, who claimed to be acting on behalf of Islamic State, was swiftly identified as having a background of mental illness, may have played a role in minimising the backlash against the Muslim community in Britain.
Feldman said “The analysis offers broad support for the theory of cumulative extremism, with the ratcheting up of violent activity between opposing groups, with an act of violence triggering a response that itself sparks further attacks.
Littler added: “Findings also suggest that where the media stress the Muslim background of attackers, and devote significant coverage to it, the violent response is likely to be greater than in cases where the motivation of the attackers are downplayed or rejected in favour of alternative explanations. The latter appears to be the case with the Sydney perpetrator, who was swiftly and repeatedly identified as mentally ill.”
Fiyaz Mughal, of Tell Mama, said: “From the work that we do with victims of anti-Muslim hate [crimes], it is clear that local, national and international incidents have real impacts on people’s lives here in the UK. In a globally connected world, it seems that hate is no different and that the actions by one group lead to counter-reactions and impacts on another set of communities in another country.”
海外でもテロがあると、在英イスラム教徒に対するヘイトクライムは増加する。 もっとも、
メディアがイスラム教徒の側面よりも、犯人の精神疾患などを強調すると、イスラム教徒に対するヘイトクラムは増加しても比較的少ない、と、多文化主義を誇るイギリス。
メディアの報道の仕方によって、偏見や暴力を煽っているようなところもありますからね、これには注意しなくてはいけない。
ちなみに、
triggering a response that itself sparks further attacks
the actions by one group lead to counter-reactions and impacts on another set of communities in another country.
なんかが「報復の連鎖」の英語的表現なんでしょうね。
