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Race, gender, class and media : studying mass communication and multiculturalism
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- Creator
- Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Meta G. Carstarphen
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- Language
- English
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- Third edition
- Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2017]
- ©2017
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- xii, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781524909888
- OCLC
- on1002564838
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-380) and index.
- Foundations and critical concepts. Literacy, media, and diverse audiences ; Why we study race, gender, class, and media ; Media functions, theories, and effects -- The maintenance of whiteness and racial stereotypes. Concept and negotiation of whiteness ; Social psychology and maintenance of stereotypes -- The fourth estate. American press and multiculturalism: legacy and changes ; Twenty-first-century press and diversity issues -- Multiculturalism in American film and television. Class portrayals in film and television ; Latino-American and Asian-American portrayals ; Native-American and African-American portrayals ; Gender portrayals in film and television -- Strategic communications and the media. Advertising and multiculturalism: marketing the content of our changing desires ; Public relations: persuasion and the diverse tools of influence -- Women and media issues. Women in the media: milestones, stumbling blocks, and finish lines ; Representation and media: ideal beauty standards and sexual objectification -- Internet and social media. Multiculturalism, sexism, and online voices ; Social media, politics, and community activism -- Challenging and provocative issues. Dynamics of class and news ; Colorism in media and society ; Whiteness and the performance of white privilege ; Native Americans media: battling sterotypes in TV, film and online ; The Kerner report: the news media and the disorders ; The rise and evolution of hip-hop culture ; Crime, media, and the appearance of justice ; Reloading virtual identity: race and gender in video games ; LGBTQ in the media: a rainbow of new representation ; Unmasked: race and gender in superhero media