Fear, Fairness, and Fox News: Forces shaping how the public thinks about Islam and American Muslims
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Presentation given by Robert P. Jones, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, at Duke University on March 31, 2011.
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Fear, Fairness, and Fox News: Forces shaping how the public thinks about Islam and American Muslims
- 1. Fear, Fairness, and Fox News Forces shaping how the public thinks about Islam and American Muslims
- 2. PRRI Data Resources Poll: King Hearings (PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, 02/2011) http://www.publicreligion.org/research/?id=435 Op-ed, “Fears, Fairness, and Fox News: Three Forces Shaping How the Public Thinks about American Muslims,” Washington Post (02/24/2011) http://bit.ly/PRRI_fear_fairness_Islam Poll: Islam and American Values (Public Religion Research Institute, Pre-election American Values Survey, 09/2010) http://www.publicreligion.org/research/published/?id=428 Poll: Park 51 Islamic Community Center and Mosque Controversy (PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, 08/2010)http://www.publicreligion.org/research/published/?id=358 Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 2
- 3. Other Data Sources CNN Opinion Research Poll (03/2011) Los Angeles Times Survey, 08/2002. Pew Research Center Surveys, 2003 – 2010. Pew Research Center, Religion and Politics Survey, 08/2009. Pew Research Center, Omnibus, 08/2010. Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 3
- 4. Context – Low Information Knowledge of Islam Personal Relationships with Muslims Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 4
- 5. Relationships with Muslims andKnowledge of Islam 41% Percent of Americans who say they know someone who is Muslim. Source: Pew Research Center, 08/2010 (N-1,003). Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 5 45% Percent of Americans who feel well informed about Islam, the Muslim Religion, and about the practices and beliefs of Muslims. Source: PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, 02/2011 (N=1,015).
- 6. Feel Well-Informed about IslamBy Trusted Media Sources Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 6
- 7. Trends Knowledge of Islam Favorability of Islam and Muslims Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 7
- 8. Knowledge about Islam Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 8
- 9. Favorable Views of IslamBy Party Affiliation Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 9
- 10. Views of Islam and Violence Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 10
- 11. Favorability of American Muslims Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 11
- 12. Discrimination and Acceptance of Muslims in America Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 12
- 13. Deep Divides over Islam’s Compatibility with ‘American Values’ Percent who agree: The values of Islam, the Muslim religion, are at odds with American values and way of life. Source: Public Religion Research Institute, Post-election American Values Survey, 11/2010 (N=1,494). Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 13
- 14. Majority Believe Muslims Face ‘A Lot’ of Discrimination Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 14
- 15. Muslims Unfairly Targeted by Law Enforcement by Party Affiliation Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 15
- 16. Muslims & American Religious Landscape by Party Affiliation Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 16
- 17. The Park51 Islamic Community Center and Mosque Controversy Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 17
- 18. Opposition to Park51 Community Center/Mosque near World Trade Center Site Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 18
- 19. Support for Muslims building Mosques inLocal Communities Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 19
- 20. World Trade Center Site as Sacred Ground Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 20
- 21. Support for Park51 Community Center/Mosque by Views of Sacred Ground Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 21
- 22. The Rep. Peter King Congressional Hearings Wrestling with Fear and Fairness Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 22
- 23. King Hearings: Fear and Fairness Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 23
- 24. Fear and Fairness by Party Affiliation Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 24
- 25. The Fox News Effect Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 25
- 26. Hearings good idea by Trusted News Sources Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 26
- 27. Fox News EffectStrongest Independent Predictor of Views Trust in Fox News is a more powerful independent predictor of saying the King hearings are a good idea than evangelical affiliation, Republican Party affiliation, education, or age. Race and gender are not significant. Holding other demographic characteristics constant, Americans who most trust Fox News are 4 times more likely than those who most trust other TV news sources to say the upcoming hearings on alleged Muslim extremism are a good idea. Fear, Fairness, and Fox News 27
- 28. Fox News Effect among Republicans Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 28
- 29. Fox News Effect among Evangelicals Fears, Fairness, and Fox News 29
Notes de l'éditeur
- Knowing someone: Big gaps by education (college grads 62%, hs or less 26%) and age (<50 49%, 50 and over 31%).
- The number of Americans holding an favorable view of Islam has dropped in last 5 years from 41% in 2005 to 30% in 2010. Interestingly, the number of Americans saying they have unfavorable views of Islam have remained steady: 36% in 2005, 38% in 2010 (Pew 2010). Implication: in GP slip has been from favorable to uncertainty.Huge favorability gaps by age (<30 35% favorable, >65 20% favorable), education (college 47% favorable, hs or less 20% favorable), party.
- There is no political or demographic group in which a majority says Islam encourages violence more than other religions. Republicans (47% agree, 38% disagree) vs. Democrats (24% agree vs. 50% disagree).
- 61% of Americans who consider themselves a part of the Christian Right agree with this statement.
- Slim majority (51%) of white evangelical Protestants agree, 40% disagree.
- Democrats (46% favor, 53% oppose), Republicans (8% favor, 85% oppose w/ 62% strongly opposing)
- 7-in-10 evangelicals say hearings good idea.
- Interestingly, although the effect is small, Americans age 65 and older were significantly LESS likely than younger Americans to say that the hearings are a good idea, despite the fact that they are MORE likely to think Islam is not compatible with American values and way of life and to have more negative views towards Islam and Muslim Americans on a range of other questions.