Media & minorities : the politics of race in news and entertainment

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Title:

Media & minorities : the politics of race in news and entertainment

Author:

Larson, Stephanie Greco, 1960-

ISBN:

9780847694532

9780847694525

Personal Author:

Larson, Stephanie Greco, 1960-

Publication Information:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006.

Physical Description:

xiii, 363 p. ; 26 cm.

Series:

Spectrum series, race and ethnicity in national and global politics

Series Title:

Spectrum series, race and ethnicity in national and global politics

Contents:

"Reality" television, American myths and racial ideology -- Racial politics in fictional media-film and television -- African Americans in film and television entertainment -- Native Americans in film and television entertainment -- Hispanics in film and television -- Asian Americans in film and television entertainment -- Representations of racial minority mass publics in the news -- African American mass publics in the news -- Native American mass publics in the news -- Hispanic mass publics in the news -- Asian American mass publics in the news -- Social movements and the media -- The civil rights movement and the mass media -- Native American, Asian American, and Chicanos social movements and the media -- Introduction to media coverage of candidates and politicians -- News coverage of Black candidates and politicians -- Newspaper coverage of Native American candidates and politicians -- Coverage of Hispanic candidates and politicians -- Newspaper coverage of Asian American candidates and politicians.

Subject Term:

Minorities in motion pictures.

Minorities on television.

Minorities in mass media.

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Summary

"You're fired!" became the catch phrase in the spring of 2004 as NBC's The Apprentice captured public and media attention. Even though The Apprentice was not exclusively about race, it communicated and reinforced racial messages that are part and parcel of the dominant American ideology. No matter which minority group is represented, the media in America offer the same bill of fare: first, exclusion; followed by stereotyping that makes a sharp distinction between "good" minority members and "bad" ones; and finally, the telling of stories that justify racial inequality in American society.

Media & Minorities looks at all these tendencies with an eye to identifying the "system-supportive" messages conveyed and offering challenges to them. The book covers all major media--including television, film, newspapers, radio, and magazines--and systematically analyzes their representation of the four largest minority groups in the United States: African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Entertainment media are compared and contrasted with news media, and special attention is devoted to coverage of social movements for racial justice and politicians of color.

Political communication scholar Stephanie Greco Larson brings sharp insight into how the white-dominated media do a disservice to all their audiences when it comes to their representation of racial and ethnic minorities. She gives us ammunition for decoding the dominant messages and then combating them, whether through political activism, "culture jamming," or the creation and patronage of alternative media. Larson encourages readers to fight the misleading media messengers, saying "you're fired!" to media that undermine racial equality.