1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461286703321

Titolo

Race and news : critical perspectives / / [edited by] Christopher P. Campbell. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-44296-5

9786613442963

1-135-96721-0

0-203-87685-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellChristopher P

Disciplina

070.44/93058

Soggetti

Racism in the press - United States

Race relations and the press - United States

African Americans - Press coverage

Mass media and race relations - United States

Television broadcasting of news - Political aspects - United States

Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century

Journalism - Objectivity - United States

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Press coverage

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Race and News Critical Perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; PART 1 Race and the Journalistic Routine; Chapter 1 Yes We Did?: Race, Myth and the News Revisited; Chapter 2 Newsroom Diversity and Representations of Race; Chapter 3 National News Coverage of Race in the Era of Obama; Chapter 4 "New" News, Hegemony and Representations of Black Male Athletes; Chapter 5 From the Water Cooler to the World Wide Web: Race and Audience Commentary on News Stories On-line; Chapter 6 Ethnic News Media and Marginalization: African-American Newspaper Coverage of the AIDS Crisis



PART 2 Covering Race: Contemporary Case StudiesChapter 7 Simple Incivility or Outright Racism? How Newspapers Covered Joe Wilson's Outburst during Obama's Congressional Health Care Address; Chapter 8 The Real Price of Oppression: Fox News Coverage of the Virginia Tech Shooter; Chapter 9 "Nappy-Headed Hos": Media Framing, Blame Shifting and the Controversy Over Don Imus' Pejorative Language; Chapter 10 Recoding New Orleans: News, Race, Representation and Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke; Chapter 11 Localizing Terror, Creating Fear in Post 9/11 Local TV News

Chapter 12 Race and Objectivity: Toward a Critical Approach to News ConsumptionAfterword: Rethinking the News: How American Journalism Can Improve Coverage of Race and Racism; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The history of American journalism is marked by disturbing representations of people and communities of color, from the disgraceful stereotypes of pre-civil rights America, to the more subtle myths that are reflected in routine coverage by journalists all over the country. Race and News: Critical Perspectives aims to examine these journalistic representations of race, and in doing so to question whether or not we are living in a post-racial world. By looking at national coverage of stories like the Don Imus controversy, Hurricane Katrina, Barak Obama's presidential candidacy, and e