فصلنامه علمی مطالعات میان‌رشته‌ای ارتباطات و رسانه

فصلنامه علمی مطالعات میان‌رشته‌ای ارتباطات و رسانه

"دیگری" سازی مسلمانان در روایت اسلام هراسانه زیست بوم برخط هند از جنگ غزه

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده
استادیار گروه ارتباطات، دانشکده ارتباطات و رسانه، دانشگاه صدا و سیما، تهران، ایران
چکیده
روایت مسلمانان در شبکه های اجتماعی که اغلب با اطلاعات غلط از هر رویداد داخلی و یا بین المللی که مسلمانان در آن حضور دارند تولید و منتشر می شوند به تعمیق شکاف میان هندوها و مسلمانان دامن زده است. از جنگ غزه که از نظر جغرافیایی دور از سرزمین هند است در زیست بوم برخط هند به یک درگیری و تهدید نزدیک از سوی مسلمانان برای هندوها روایت سازی می شود. تحلیل محتوای پیام های این زیست بوم نشان می دهد که فراتر از حمایت از اسراییل، حساب های هندوهای افراطی دشمنی مسلمانان با اسراییل را به دشمنی مسلمانان با هندوها تشبیه می کنند. پیام‌های این گروه‌ها با استفاده از عکس‌ها و فیلم‌ها، همراه با پیام‌های متنی، به دنبال این است که کاربران را متقاعد کند که اسلام و مسلمانان به تنهایی مقصر جنگ هستند. ارائه تصویری خشن و غیر انسانی از نیروهای حماس، شبیه سازی های غیر واقعی بین رویدادهای هند و اسرائیل، مقایسه حملات تروریستی در هند با حمله 7 اکتبر حماس، مقایسه های تاریخی هند با تاریخ فلسطین ، مشابه سازی غزه با کشمیر و ارجاعات مکرر به روایت های هندویی از تاریخ گذشته هند ، اصلی ترین رویکردهای زیست بوم برخط هند در روایت جنگ غزه است.علاوه بر این، در زیر متن این پیام ها و شبیه سازی ها، با ایجاد ترس و نگرانی از مسلمانان ، افکار عمومی هندوها برای برخوردهای شدید با مسلمانان آماده می شود.
کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله English

Otherizing of Muslims in the Islamophobic Narrative of India's Online Ecosystem Regarding the Gaza War

نویسنده English

Abbas Naseri Taheri
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication , Communication and Media Faculty, IRIB University, Tehran, Iran.
چکیده English

The portrayal of Muslims on social media—often produced and disseminated with misinformation about any domestic or international event involving Muslims—has contributed to deepening the divide between Hindus and Muslims. The Gaza war, despite its geographical distance from India, is framed within India’s online ecosystem as a proximate conflict and a looming threat posed by Muslims to Hindus.



Content analysis of messages in this ecosystem reveals that beyond expressing support for Israel, accounts affiliated with Hindu extremists equate Muslim hostility toward Israel with Muslim hostility toward Hindus. These messages, often accompanied by images, videos, and text, aim to convince users that Islam and Muslims alone are responsible for the war.



The main approaches of India’s online ecosystem in narrating the Gaza conflict include: depicting Hamas fighters as violent and inhuman; drawing unrealistic parallels between events in India and Israel; comparing terrorist attacks in India with the October 7 Hamas attack; aligning India's historical struggles with those of Palestine; equating Gaza with Kashmir; and making repeated references to Hindutva narratives of India’s past.



Moreover, beneath these messages and comparisons lies a subtext of fear and anxiety about Muslims, effectively preparing Hindu public opinion for harsher measures and confrontations against the Muslim population.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Hindu Far-Right
Gaza War
Islamophobia
Othering
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