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9780791439302

Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791439302

  • ISBN10:

    0791439305

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-10-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Introductory Perspectives
U.S. Minorities and the Newsp. 3
Minority Representation and Portrayal in Modern Newsprint Cartoonsp. 23
Disney does Diversity: The Social Context of Racial-Ethnic Imageryp. 39
Beyond Employment Diversity: Rethinking Contemporary Racist News Representationsp. 51
Mass Media and Ethnicity
Hegemony in Black and White: Interracial Buddy Films and the New Racismp. 67
Black Situation Comedies and the Politics of Television Artp. 79
Crawling Toward Civil Rights: News Media Coverage of Disability Activismp. 89
Media Stereotypes of Jews: From JAPs to MDsp. 99
Still Crazy After All These Years: Italian Americans in Mainstream U.S. Filmsp. 111
Ethnic Humor and Ingroup/Outgroup Positioning: Explicating Viewer Perceptions of All-American Girlp. 125
Destroying the Past to Save the Present Pastoral Voice and Native Identityp. 137
Ethnic Voices: Afrocentric Public Affairs Television Programmingp. 149
The Representation of Arabs in U.S. Electronic Mediap. 157
Moving Beyond the Screen: Hollywood and Mexican American Stereotypesp. 169
Mass Media and Conflicts
O. J. Live: Raced Ways of Seeing Innocence and Guiltp. 183
Mass-Mediated Realities and the Persian Gulf War: Inventing the Arab Enemyp. 205
Who's the Victim? Intercultural Perceptions Between African American and Korean American Business People in Dallasp. 217
Reporting Hantavirus: The Impact of Cultural Diversity in Environmental and Health Newsp. 231
Mass Media and Education
The (Mis)Representation of Ethnicity and the Omission of Racism in K-12 Cultural Diversity Curriculump. 247
Representing Arabs: Reliance on the Pastp. 261
Using C-SPAN to Evaluate Sensitivity Toward Cultural Diversity: The Case of Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential Campaignp. 273
Distortion of "Islam" and "Muslims" in American Academic Discourse: Some Observations on the Sociology of Vested Enmityp. 279
Selected Bibliographyp. 293
About the Editorsp. 295
About the Contributorsp. 297
Indexp. 301
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