Résumé:
Following the aggressive attacks of September 11, 2001, the American Entertainment
Industry produced a considerable number of television shows associating Arab Muslims with
violence, backwardness, fanaticism, exoticism and recently terrorism. Three case studies have
been selected to be analysed in the present research, namely Family Guy as an animated sitcom,
Homeland as drama series and The Kingdom as a Hollywood movie. The discourse of post-9/11
American Entertainment Industry’s television shows challenges the coexistence between the United
States and Arab Muslims as it is regarded to be offensive, racial and prejudiced. This discourse
is taken to be analysed using three linguistic approaches, namely Discourse Analysis and
Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis and Semiotic Analysis. The aim is to conduct a complete
deconstruction of this discourse and to examine its further implications and incarnations in real life.
