Identity and Communication

Dominic Lasorsa is an associate professor in the School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses in social science theory, writing, and reporting. América Rodriguez, formerly a correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), is an associate professor of Communication in the Departments of Radio-TV-Film and Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

• 1. Mass Media and Social Identity 2. Media Influences on Adolescent Social Identity3. Biased Optimism, Media, and Asian American Identity4. Same News, Different Narrative 5. The New Role of Bilingual Newspapers in Establishing and Maintaining Social Group Identities among Latinos6. Prehistory of a Stereotype 7. Overview of Research on Media-Constructed Muslim Identity: 1999-20098. Mass Media and African American Identities 9. Rebooting Identities 10. Conceptualizing the Intervening Roles of Identity in Communication Effects

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