USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
First Advisor
Robert Dardenne, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Deni Elliott, Ed.D.
Third Advisor
Xiaopen Wang, Ph.D.
Publisher
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Document Type
Thesis
Date Available
2013-06-25
Publication Date
2012
Date Issued
2012-10-25 00:00
Abstract
This study examines the framing of Sami Al‐Arian in 2001 by the local, mainstream Tampa Bay press, and compares this portrayal to the outcome of Al‐ Arian’s 2005 trial. In the weeks after the 9/11 attacks, both the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times covered Al‐Arian in a negative and stereotypical manner, in sharp contrast with the outcome of a 2005 trial that acquitted Al‐Arian of the most serious charges of aiding known terrorists. The theoretical base of this paper is framing, stereotype, and the social construction of reality, and finds the way the press portrayed Al‐Arian had a direct impact on the professor’s life and career, despite never being found guilty.
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Recommended Citation
Biddlecombe, Wendy, "Framing Terrorism: How the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times Portrayed Sami Al‐Arian in 2001" (2012). USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/masterstheses/45
Comments
A thesis submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida St. Petersburg.