A Comprehensive Study of Muslim American Discrimination by Legislators, the Media, and the Masses
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Nazita Lajevardi
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Hajnal, Zoltan L.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, San Diego
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
176
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Abrajano, Marisa A.; Andreoni, James; Barreto, Matt A.; Fowler, James H.; Hill, Seth J.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-68227-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Political Science
Body granting the degree
University of California, San Diego
Text preceding or following the note
2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In my dissertation, I focus on one question: to what extent do Muslim Americans face discrimination by legislators, the media, and masses? As such, it provides the first comprehensive analysis of Muslim American political discrimination. This question is important because while anecdotal signs of increasing Islamophobia in each of these domains are pervasive, they are unsupported by quantitative evidence. In contrast, my dissertation uses quantitative methods, including survey experiments, field experiments, and text analysis of media transcripts, to sys- tematically develop a nuanced theory of America's racial hierarchy that (a) takes into a account a new group (Muslim Americans) and (b) demonstrates that racial groups exhibit malleable status relative to other groups over time.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islamic Studies; Political science; Mass communications
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Islamophobia;Muslim Americans;Political discrimination