FILMS AND DISCOURSE OF TERRORISM A REVIEW OF SELECTED HOLLYWOOD (original) (raw)

Terrorism in Popular Media: How Hollywood Represent Muslim Terrorist

Social Science Research Network, 2020

Movie has significant function not only as an entertainment but more importantly it also functions to document the historical events, to negotiate or even challenge the existing norms in the society. This paper discusses how Hollywood movies represent the discourse of Muslim terrorist. The movies share similar theme of Muslim terrorism; they are “The Siege” (1998) and “Syriana”(2005). The question presented here is how the movies represent the discourse of Muslim terrorism. This question critically addresses the issue of different faces of “Muslim terrorist” represented in the Hollywood films and the ideas or ideology underlied. The films are analysed through the lenses of critical discourse analysis (CDA). Fairclough’s CDA discover the discourse through three levels of analysis, micro, meso and macro analysis. It aims to unravel how the Muslim terrorist is constructed by a particular group with a definite interest. Each of the movies has different causes, but they share similar use...

Shifting Enemies Face: Representation of Terrorism by Hollywood

5th International Conference in Communication and Media Studies "Think Peace, Talk Peace, Cultivate Peace" , 2018

In the age of rapid technological and mass media proliferation, fewer people engage the world of literature – let alone actually analyze literary contents and absorb the hidden arts. Today scrip writers, filmmakers, directors, and producers are the ones who form a popular culture of the country. Giant media industries like Hollywood (Disney, Paramount, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox) are the main source of standardizing culture and public perception. In time, Hollywood has constantly used its cultural imperialism power to produce faulty representation and stereotyping of different races, religions and foreign cultures. According to the time and American foreign policies, such faulty representations has shifted from communist Russia to the Muslim Arabs; and nowadays to Iranians. Almost all box office top hit action movies in the past decade had Muslim or Middle Eastern roots of the antagonist character in the movie. While the representation of Arab Muslims as terrorists has been discussed and studied from different angles, anti-Iranian agenda of Hollywood or Iranophobia representations has not been discussed yet. This paper will focus on Hollywood movies which represent Iran and Iranians as the new face of the terrorism in the world. Researcher theoretical framework will be drawing on critical media studies and critical textual analysis (emphasizing the question of representation and ideology) in order to reveal the underline ideological tensions in the text. Methodologically researcher will select Hollywood films which were released from (2002-2017) and represent Iran and Iranians as a new face of terrorism in the world.

Terrorism in Hindi Films Book Review of Shooting Terror: Terrorism in Hindi Films

urviving in a world fraught with terrorism defines our lives today, for 'terror' is no longer a distant threat, but has become ubiquitous. India, especially, is a space teeming with horrific acts of terror. The last few decades have witnessed Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the North East, and Mumbai becoming rife with invasive acts of terror. Given this scenario, the articulation of trauma induced by terror has become imperative. While post-terrorist fiction has lent voice to 'troubled testimonies', cinema, too, has not been far behind, with the farreaching impact of 9/11 on film and cultural studies, in particular. Film studies courses, such as 'Post-9/11 Cinema: A Cultural History of the Present', and 'Alienation, Revolt and Terrorism', among others, have mushroomed in response to 9/11. Hence, it is not surprising that films focusing on terrorism are also on the rise. We are witnessing what Benjamin Barber calls 'Jihad vs. McWorld' (1995). Since a majority of post-terrorist films are from the Third World, the same merits critical attention. Meenakshi Bharat's Shooting Terror: Terrorism in Hindi Films is an engaging study SHOOTING TERROR: TERRORISM IN HINDI FILMS

Terrorism phenomenon in the modern media space

2016

The relevance of the current topic is stipulated by the fact that terrorism is one of the most difficult and dangerous phenomena nowadays. Today terrorist attacks have become increasingly rampant, and some researchers even claim that the world is entering the era of terrorism. It stands to reason that terrorism is a global challenge of these days. Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

The Construction of Terrorism Issue in Indonesian Movie Entitled 3 (Alif Lam Mim) by Anggy Umbara

Atlantis Press, 2019

This study aims to explore Peircean semiotic text analysis with mise en scene concept. Researcher use a counter hegemony approach to see the ideology of filmmaker. For This combination is used to identify terrorism issue constructed by an Indonesian movie entitled 3 (Alif Lam Mim) by film director Anggy Umbara. The film puts the issue of religion against secularism in the midst of high-tech times to construct a major issue of terrorism in Indonesia. 3 (Alif Lam Mim) wants to convey a message to the public that the issue of terrorism was not created by a religious group (Islam) which was considered radical as told by widespread discourses in society. This study applies Peircean semiotic analysis using icons, indices, and symbols. About the unit of analysis, it is based on the concept of mise en scene, that is, through setting, costume and make-up, lighting and motions in frames such as acting and gesture of film players that construct the issue of terrorism. With this method, this study not only looks at the contents of the film but also how the contents of the film are constructed by the filmmaker in the production process. Logical reasoning used by filmmakers shows that constructed stories provide truth about the issue of terrorism created by individuals who want to gain power.