The Children Are Watching - How the Media Teach about Diversity

Analyzing both entertainment and news media, this book grapples with fascinating issues such as the ways the media frames diversity-related themes, transmits values about diversity, contributes to stereotypes, and influences thinking about topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and sexual orientation.

About the author

Carlos Cortés is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside. Since 1990 he has served on the summer faculty of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education and is also on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication.

Summary

Analyzing both entertainment and news media, this volume grapples with such issues as the ways in which the media frame diversity-related themes, transmit values concerning diversity, contribute to stereotypes, and influence thinking about race, religion or sexual orientation.

Product details

• Authors: Carlos (Professor Emeritus Cortes, Carlos E Cortes, Carlos E. Cortes
• Assisted by: James A Banks (Editor), James A. Banks (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2000
• EAN: 9780807739372
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-3937-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Series: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series; Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science