Media & Minorities

Stephanie Greco Larson is professor of political science at Dickinson College.

• Chapter 1 "Reality" Television: American Myths and Racial IdeologyPart 2 Part I: Racial Minorities in Films and Television EntertainmentChapter 3 Racial Politics in Fictional Media: Films and TelevisionChapter 4 African Americans in Film and Television EntertainmentChapter 5 Native Americans in Film and Television EntertainmentChapter 6 Hispanics in Film and Television EntertainmentChapter 7 Asian Americans in Film and Television EntertainmentPart 8 Part II: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Mass PublicsChapter 9 Representations of Racial-Minority Mass Publics in the NewsChapter 10 African American Mass Publics in the NewsChapter 11 Native American Mass Publics in the NewsChapter 12 Hispanic Mass Publics in the NewsChapter 13 Asian American Mass Publics in the NewsPart 14 Part III: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Social MovementsChapter 15 Social Movements and the Media: An IntroductionChapter 16 The Civil Rights Movement and the Mass MediaChapter 17 Native Americans, Chicanos, and Asian Americans: Social Movements and the MediaPart 18 Part IV: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Candidates and PoliticiansChapter 19 Media Coverage of Candidates and Politicians: An IntroductionChapter 20 News Coverage of Black Candidates and PoliticiansChapter 21 Newspaper Coverage of Native American Candidates and PoliticiansChapter 22 Coverage of Hispanic Candidates and PoliticiansChapter 23 Newspaper Coverage of Asian American Candidates and PoliticiansChapter 24 Conclusion

Stephanie Greco Larson has provided an invaluable service by synthesizing a vast quantity of studies of entertainment media and news about racial and ethnic minorities, about civil rights movements, and about elected officials of color. The recurrent patterns she finds across media, across subject matters, and across different races and ethnicities are vividly presented, sobering, and of importance to those both inside and outside of the media.