Abstract
The media remains a massive pedagogical machine that must be analyzed not only by those in the field of communication and media studies, but also by educational scholars, educators, and school leaders. The media, especially post September 11, 2001, has played a vital role in perpetuating Islamophobia, stereotyping Arabic, and vilifying Muslims. This dissertation adopts a Three-Article approach using multimodal discourse analysis of media representations at the intersection of Islam, Arabic and Muslims. Interviews are also utilized to further understand how audiences interpret selected representations. The research also investigates 1.) the impact of learning the Arabic language and possibilities of subverting Arabica phobia and in deconstructing the many negative stereotypes and beliefs about Arabs and 2.) the importance of two-way or dual-language bilingual education as a space to unlearn and tackle the intersection of Islamophobia, the racialization of Muslims and linguicism.