Media & Minorities

The Politics of Race in News and Entertainment

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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'You're fired!' became the catch phrase in the spring of 2004 as NBC's The Apprentice captured public and media attention. Even though The Apprentice was not exclusively about race, it communicated and reinforced racial messages that are part and parcel of the dominant American ideology. No matter which minority group is represented, the media in America offer the same bill of fare: first, exclusion; followed by stereotyping that makes a sharp distinction between 'good' minority members and 'bad' ones; and finally, the telling of stories that justify racial inequality in American society. Media & Minorities looks at all these tendencies with an eye to identifying the 'system-supportive' messages conveyed and offering challenges to them. The book covers all major media—including television, film, newspapers, radio, and magazines—and systematically analyzes their representation of the four largest minority groups in the United States: African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Entertainment media are compared and contrasted with news media, and special attention is devoted to coverage of social movements for racial justice and politicians of color. Political communication scholar Stephanie Greco Larson brings sharp insight into how the white-dominated media do a disservice to all their audiences when it comes to their representation of racial and ethnic minorities. She gives us ammunition for decoding the dominant messages and then combating them, whether through political activism, 'culture jamming,' or the creation and patronage of alternative media. Larson encourages readers to fight the misleading media messengers, saying 'you're fired!' to media that undermine racial equality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-08-08
Mått181 x 257 x 19 mm
Vikt658 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Global Politics
Antal sidor384
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847694532

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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.