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Against conventional wisdom, pervasive black-white disparities pair with vitriolic public conversation in politically progressive communities throughout America. Networked News, Racial Divides examines obstacles to public dialogues about racial inequality and opportunities for better discourse in mid-sized, liberal cities. The book narrates the challenges faced when talking about race through a series of stories about each community struggling with K-12 education achievement gaps. Media expert Sue Robinson applies Bourdieusian field theory to understand media ecologies and analyze whose voices get heard and whose get left out. She explores how privilege shapes discourse and how identity politics can interfere with deliberation. Drawing on network analysis of community dialogues, interviews with journalists, politicians, activists, and citizens and deep case study of five cities, this reflexive and occasionally narrative book chronicles the institutional, cultural and other problematic realities to amplifying voices of all people while also recommending strategies to move forward and build trust.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I: 1. Introduction: a plea for progressives to 'stay in the room'; 2. Networked media ecologies; 3. Power, trust and authority in a local information flow; Part II: 4. Obstacles to public discourse about race; 5. Legitimation strategies in public discourse about race; 6. Outcomes and opportunities in community-trust building.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Sue Robinson is Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she teaches and researches digital technologies and information authority in journalism studies. Robinson is widely published, has won many grants and awards - including the Krieghbaum Under-40 Award - and consults for newsrooms, school districts and other organizations. She worked as a reporter for thirteen years before entering academia.
Zusammenfassung
Networked News, Racial Divides tracks power and privilege in the digitized media ecologies of progressive cities, documenting the institutional and cultural obstacles that exist to amplifying all voices in these liberal places, while also detailing the strategies and opportunities to move forward and build trust in local communities.
