Representing Race - Racisms, Ethnicity and the Media

Informationen zum Autor John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society Klappentext "Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband's work is likely to become the key text in the field. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation.' - Professor Daya K. Thussu, University of Westminster Introduces and evaluates key conceptual issues Zusammenfassung The Media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and 'race', this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study. Inhaltsverzeichnis ¿Race¿ and Ethnicity: Definitions and Issues Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Media Racism and the Media of the Extreme Right Violence, ¿Race¿ and Media: Comparative Perspectives The Distinctive Challenge of Indigeneity Media Monitoring and Codes of Practice Pressurizing the Media Industry: Achievements and Limitations Communities of Practice and the Cultures of Media Production The Multi-Ethnic Public Sphere and Differentiated Citizenship

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• Authors: John Downing, John D H Downing, John D H D H Downing, John D. H. Downing, John D. H. D. H. Husband Downing, John D. H. Husband Downing, Downing John D. H., Charles Husband, Charles/ Downing Husband, Husband Charles
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2005
• EAN: 9780761969112
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6911-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Kommunikationswissenschaft, Ethnic Studies, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General