Cultural Diversity and the U.S. MediaYahya R. Kamalipour, Theresa Carilli This book provides rich and detailed accounts of how the media filters racial/ethnic identity through economic or sensationalized perspectives in newspapers, films, television, and radio. By exploring media descriptions of various racial/ethnic groups, Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media provides opportunities to discover, debate, and discuss issues surrounding race/ethnicity and the role of the media in American society. |
Contents
US Minorities and the News | 3 |
Minority Representation and Portrayal in Modern Newsprint Cartoons | 23 |
Disney Does Diversity The Social Context of RacialEthnic Imagery | 39 |
Beyond Employment Diversity Rethinking Contemporary Racist News Representations | 51 |
MASS MEDIA AND ETHNICITY | 65 |
Hegemony in Black and White Interracial Buddy Films and the New Racism | 67 |
Black Situation Comedies and the Politics of Television Art | 79 |
Crawling Toward Civil Rights News Media Coverage of Disability Activism | 89 |
Moving Beyond the Screen Hollywood and Mexican American Stereotypes | 169 |
OJ Live Raced Ways of Seeing Innocence and Guilt | 183 |
MassMediated Realities and the Persian Gulf War Inventing the Arab Enemy | 205 |
Whos the Victim? Inter cultural Perceptions Between African American and Korean American Business People in Dallas | 217 |
Reporting Hantavirus The Impact of Cultural Diversity in Environmental and Health News | 231 |
The MisRepresentation of Ethnicity and the Omission of Racism in the K12 Cultural Diversity Curriculum | 247 |
Representing Arabs Reliance on the Past | 261 |
Using CSPAN to Evaluate Sensitivity Toward Cultural Diversity The Case of Ross Perots 1992 Presidential Campaign | 273 |
Media Stereotypes of Jews From JAPs to MDs | 99 |
Still Crazy After All These Years Italian Americans in Mainstream US Films | 111 |
Ethnic Humor and IngroupOutgroup Positioning Eplicating Viewer Perceptions of AllAmerican Girl | 125 |
Destroying the Past to Save the Present Pastoral Voice and Native Identity | 137 |
Ethnic Voices Afrocentric Public Affairs Television Programming | 149 |
The Representation of Arabs in US Electronic Media | 157 |
Distortion of Islam and Muslims in American Academic Discourse Some Observations on the Sociology of Vested Enmity | 279 |
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About the Editors | 295 |
About the Contributors | 297 |
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