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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.44/93058
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Press coverage; United States Race relations
• Altri autori: CampbellChristopher P
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Race and news
• ISBN: 9780203876855 (eBook); 0203876857
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821487903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II