The Black Image in the White Mind - Media and Race in America

One of The Progressive's Best Books of 2000. Winner of the American Political Science Association's Robert E. Lane Award for Best Book in Political Psychology and the Frank Luther Mott-KTA Journalism and Mass Communication Book Award.

"This book has the potential to be the most important book on race in the past three decades."-David Sears

Drawing from close and creative analysis of television news reports, sitcoms, commercials, feature films, and from candid interviews with white Americans, The Black Image in the White Mind offers a comprehensive look at the intricate patterns of racial depiction in the mass media, revealing how those patterns shape and reflect the ambivalent attitudes of Whites toward Blacks.

About the author

Robert M. Entman is a professor of communication and political science at North Carolina State University. He is coauthor of The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America, published by the University of Chicago Press and winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize and other awards.

Summary

Living in a segregated society, white Americans learn about African Americans through the images the media show them. This text offers a comprehensive look at the intricate racial patterns in the mass media and how they shape the ambivalent attitudes of whites toward blacks.

Product details

• Authors: Entman, Robert M Entman, Robert M. Entman, Andrew Rojecki
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2001
• EAN: 9780226210766
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21076-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Studies in Communication, Medi; Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion; Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion (CHUP); Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion (CHUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories