Networked News, Racial Divides - How Power Privilege Shape Public Discourse in Progressive

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Robinson, Sue (University of Wisconsin Robinson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781108419895
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41989-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Communication, Society and Politics; Communication, Society and Pol; Communication, Society and Pol; Communication, Society and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state