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Fear And Loathing: Understanding Risk Perception For Terrorism And Its Relationship With Islamophobia, Daniel W. Snook
Fear And Loathing: Understanding Risk Perception For Terrorism And Its Relationship With Islamophobia, Daniel W. Snook
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Americans tend to have strong psychological responses to terrorism (e.g., fear, anxiety) even though terrorism poses a very low objective risk of injury or death. Unfortunately, this is exactly what terrorists hope to cause. Terrorism is one of Americans’ top fears and more than 40% of Americans worry that they will be victims of terrorism (Gallup, 2017a). Additionally, since Muslims are commonly blamed for and associated with terrorism in the US, Islamophobia, or the unreasonable fear of Islam and Muslims, is a common response to terrorism. Terrorism-driven Islamophobia even manifests as hate speech against Muslims, hate crimes against Muslims, and …