Media Effect on Public Opinion: A Monograph on Anti-Islamic Brainwashing Discourse

Abstract

This paper attempts to explain the effect of media on public opinion in the light of brainwashing theory. After reviewing the history of the term brainwashing, the researcher provides detailed illustration of its modern applications especially the techniques used in to convince their members commit suicidal attacks. Then, the research focuses on the Nation of Islam as a famous example of destructive cults to show how the media coverage of this perverted movement had dangerous effects on the public opinion in America that helped create an illusive kind of that researcher refers to as anti-Islamic Brainwashing discourse .