Asian Americans and the Mass Media: A Content Analysis of Twenty United States Newspapers and a Survey of Asian American Journalists

by Mansfield-Richardson,Virginia

• ISBN13: 9780815334767
• ISBN10: 0815334761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority in the United States comprising nearly 3 percent of the population, yet they are rarely given coverage in the U.S. media, as this book demonstrates. This book, written by an 11-year reporter of The Washington Post who is now an Associate Dean at Ithaca College, is broad in scope and studies the relationship between mass media and this important minority, including: 1) examines the scope and type of coverage afforded Asian Americans in mainstream newspapers through a content analysis of twenty leading newspapers for the year March 1, 1994 to February 28, 1995; 2) examines the opinions of Asian Americans who work in print, radio, and television media both in mainstream media and specialized Asian American media, through a survey asking their negative and positive experiences on the job as related to their ethnicity, and their opnions on how well the media cover Asian Americans; and 3) an historical examination of Asian Americans and media treatment of AsianAmericans, and specialized publications serving Asian Americans. No other book has looked at media coverage of Asian Americans as in-depth as this fascinating account of how attitudes towards Asian Americans are shaped in America through questionable coverage of this diverse segment of the population.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Tables	xiii
Introduction	1	(40)
Overview	2	(11)
Definition of Terms	13	(10)
Asian Americans' Use of Media	23	(4)
Asian Americans in the Media Workforce	27	(5)
Asian American Workforce at Newspapers	32	(3)
Asian American Workforce in Radio and Television	35	(6)
History of Asian American Publications	41	(26)
The Chinese Press	47	(2)
The Japanese Press	49	(4)
The Korean Press	53	(3)
The Filipino Press	56	(1)
The Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian Press	57	(1)
The Asian Indian Press	58	(1)
The Pacific Islander Press	59	(2)
Leading Twenty Asian Ethnic Publications	61	(1)
Publications of the Asian American Panethnicity Movement	62	(5)
Related Studies	67	(30)
Theoretical Foundations of the Book	67	(18)
Previous Studies on Asian Americans that Relate to the Theoretical Foundations	85	(9)
Research Questions of the Book	94	(1)
Summary	95	(2)
Method	97	(26)
Operational Plan	97	(3)
Content Analysis of Twenty Leading Newspapers	100	(12)
Survey of Five Hundred Asian American Journalists	112	(7)
Survey of the Editors of the Twenty Leading Asian American Publications	119	(1)
Census Data	120	(1)
Personnel Survey of the Editors of the Twenty Mainstream Newspapers of the Content Analysis	121	(2)
Results and Discussion	123	(82)
Overview	123	(1)
Content Analysis	123	(44)
Survey	167	(32)
Census and Survey Data	199	(6)
Summary and Conclusion	205	(36)
Overview	205	(7)
Key Findings	212	(5)
Other Important Findings	217	(14)
Theoretical Implications	231	(4)
Implications for Future Research	235	(2)
Concluding Remarks	237	(4)
Appendices	241	(146)
Appendix 1: Media Usage of Asian Americans/Asian Immigrants and Hispanics, 1989	242	(1)
Appendix 2: Magazine Readership of Asian Americans/Asian Immigrants and Hispanics	242	(2)
Appendix 3: Asian American's Information Sources on Political Issues	244	(1)
Appendix 4: Periodicals Published in the Pacific Islands Listed by Country/Island Group, 1973 and 1989	245	(1)
Appendix 5: Top Twenty Leading Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers Serving Asian Americans and/or Asian American Ethnic Sub-Groups in the United States in 1995 at the Time of This Book's Content Analysis.	246	(4)
Appendix 6: Twelve Tips on Covering and Portraying AsianAmericans, From the Asian American Journalists Association	250	(4)
Appendix 7: 193 Key Words/Sets of Key Words Used in Computer Database Searches for the Content Analysis	254	(3)
Appendix 8: Name Key Words Used in the Database Searches of Famous and/or Prominent Asian Americans	257	(4)
Appendix 9: Breakdown by Type of Article and Ethnic Sub-Group, and by Article Sub-Topic and Ethnic Sub-Group for the Newspapers in the Content Analysis	261	(10)
Appendix 10: Sex, Occupation, and State of Employment of Those Persons Who Responded to the Survey With a Letter, But Who Did Not Answer the Survey Questions	271	(2)
Appendix 11: Selected Responses to Survey Question Three	273	(20)
Appendix 12: Selected Responses to Survey Question Four	293	(32)
Appendix 13: Survey Responses From Dean Wong, Editor of the International Examiner	325	(2)
Appendix 14: Survey Responses From an Editor of One of the Twenty Leading Asian American Publications, Who Asked To Remain Anonymous	327	(2)
Appendix 15: Summary of Responses From the Editors of the Twenty Leading Asian American Publications	329	(2)
Appendix 16: Selected Responses to Survey Question One	331	(34)
Appendix 17: Selected Responses to Survey Question Two	365	(22)
Bibliography	387	(26)
Index	413