#MuslimRage

This Newsweek cover depicts anger, or frustration within a group. The group, which nearly looks to be a riot due to the distinct hands grabbing and distressed faces, has a man in the foreground of the picture. While his face could be anger, it also shows a mild amount of sadness. This man is wearing a regular Muslim headdress which would regularly be very provocative to many American readers and Muslim readers alike because of the nearly rude moment in which the photo was taken. American journalists know their readers many times are drawn in by the covers and headlines on their magazines. This journalist, this photographer has done a fantastic job emphasizing the things many Americans find interesting, and even provoking their feelings. Readers of magazines are often older as StateOfTheMedia.org reveals. In 2011, the median age of news magazine readers was 49. [1] The older populous, generally more conservative, emotionally responds to the visual rhetoric on this cover. Because of this response, people become interested, often driving them to buy an issue, causing higher sales, which is, in part, what the company is interested in. Another important thing to note about the cover is the title, "Muslim Rage" and the effect that title has had on Muslims internationally. On the popular social networking site, Twitter.com, many people have taken to using the hashtag #MuslimRage (defined as "The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet")[2] to a comedic level, in response to this Newsweek cover. In part, this reply to this title, these people will tweet average parts of their lives that would normally be considered to be not worth noting and then follow their sentences with that hashtag to be ironic.

[1] http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/magazines-are-hopes-for-tablets-overdone/magazines-by-the-numbers/
[2] https://support.twitter.com/articles/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols