Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D., teaches journalism and visual communication at Florida International University, Miami. A journalist since 1996, his scholarship focuses on news, culture, and power. The author of three books, his work also appears in Visual Communication, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.Alina Rafikova, M.S., is a scholar and Fulbright grantee who studies place branding and intercultural relations. She has interned at the United Nations. She also participated in the organization of G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in Russia and served as a graduate research assistant at Florida International University.

Drawing on visuals across the spectrum – from classic films to billboards, from Barbie dolls to basketball stars – this collection provides readers with a comprehensive lens to examine the power and politics behind the multi-media culture we encounter on a daily basis." —James Kilgore, author of Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time

Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D., teaches journalism and visual communication at Florida International University, Miami. A journalist since 1996, his scholarship focuses on news, culture, and power. The author of three books, his work also appears in Visual Communication, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.Alina Rafikova, M.S., is a scholar and Fulbright grantee who studies place branding and intercultural relations. She has interned at the United Nations. She also participated in the organization of G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in Russia and served as a graduate research assistant at Florida International University.

Drawing on visuals across the spectrum – from classic films to billboards, from Barbie dolls to basketball stars – this collection provides readers with a comprehensive lens to examine the power and politics behind the multi-media culture we encounter on a daily basis." —James Kilgore, author of Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time

Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D., teaches journalism and visual communication at Florida International University, Miami. A journalist since 1996, his scholarship focuses on news, culture, and power. The author of three books, his work also appears in Visual Communication, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.Alina Rafikova, M.S., is a scholar and Fulbright grantee who studies place branding and intercultural relations. She has interned at the United Nations. She also participated in the organization of G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in Russia and served as a graduate research assistant at Florida International University.

Drawing on visuals across the spectrum – from classic films to billboards, from Barbie dolls to basketball stars – this collection provides readers with a comprehensive lens to examine the power and politics behind the multi-media culture we encounter on a daily basis." —James Kilgore, author of Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time