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

• Autore: Shah Hemant <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 276 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.449305
• Soggetto topico: Minorities - Press coverage - United States; Ethnic press - United States
• Altri autori: ThorntonMichael Charles
• 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 Opinión 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Newspaper coverage of interethnic conflict
• ISBN: 1-322-42216-8; 1-4833-2796-5; 1-4522-4549-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791078703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II