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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480789503321

Autore

Shah Hemant <1957->

Titolo

Newspaper coverage of interethnic conflict [[electronic resource] ] : competing visions of America / / by Hemant Shah and Michael C. Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

1-322-42216-8

1-4833-2796-5

1-4522-4549-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThorntonMichael Charles

Disciplina

070.4

070.44930556

Soggetti

Minorities - Press coverage - United States

Ethnic press - United States

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Immigration, Racial Anxiety, and Racial Formation; Chapter 2 - Miami, 1989; Chapter 3 - Washington, D.C., 1991; Part II; Chapter 4 - Los Angeles, 1992; Chapter 5 - Los Angeles Times Coverage of Los Angeles; Chapter 6 - La OpinioĢn Coverage of Los Angeles; Chapter 7 - African American Newspaper Coverage of Los Angeles; Chapter 8 - Asian American Newspaper Coverage of Los Angeles; Chapter 9 - Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Newspaper Coverage of Interethnic Conflict: Competing Visions of America examines mainstream and ethnic minority news coverage of interethnic conflicts in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Authors Hemant Shah and Michael C. Thornton investigate the role of news in racial formation, the place of ethnic minority media in the public sphere, and how these competing visions of America are part of ongoing social and political struggles to construct, define, and challenge the meanings of race and nation. The authors suggest that



mainstream newspapers reinforce dominant racial ideology while e