Ethnic Minorities and the Media : Changing Cultural Boundaries

by COTTLE

• ISBN13: 9780335202706
• ISBN10: 0335202705
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

* What are the latest developments in the production, representation and reception of media output, produced by, for or about ethnic minorities?* What informs the questions media researchers ask and pursue when examining the mass media and ethnic minorities?* What are the principal forces of change currently shaping the field?There are few media issues more pressing, or potentially more consequential, than the representation of ethnic minorities. This authoritative text therefore brings together leading international researchers who have examined some of the latest processes of change (and continuity) informing the field of ethnic minorities and the media. Numerous studies of 'race', racism and the mass media have been conducted in the past. However, both the media landscape and the cultural field of ethnic minorities are fast changing, and this book addresses the recent developments which have threatened to outpace our ability to map, understand and intervene in processes of change. Presented in an accessible style, this book provides the reader with an overview of the very latest research findings and informed discussion. It opens with an introductory essay which maps recent approaches to the field, followed by substantive chapters which are structured thematically to address key processes of change such as media representations, media production, and cultures of identity.

Author Biography

Simon Cottle is Professor of Media Communication at Bath Spa University College. His previous books include TV News, Urban Conflict and the Inner City (Leicester University Press, 1993), Television and Ethnic Minorities: Producers Perspectives (Avebury, 1997) and, with A. Hansen, R. Negrine and C. Newbold, Mass Communication Research Methods (Macmillan, 1998). His research interests include the sociology of journalism and television production, and the representation of conflicts including urban disorder, the environment, war and racism.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Series Editor's Foreword	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction Media Research and Ethnic Minorities: Mapping the Field	1	(30)
Simon Cottle
PART I CHANGING REPRESENTATIONS	31	(52)
New(s) Racism: A Discourse Analytical Approach	33	(17)
Teun A. van Dijk
White Watch	50	(17)
John Fiske
`Dreaming of a White...'	67	(16)
John Gabriel
PART II CHANGING CONTEXTS OF PRODUCTION	83	(48)
The Paradox of African American Journalists	85	(15)
Clint C. Wilson II
A Rock and a Hard Place: Making Ethnic Minority Television	100	(18)
Simon Cottle
Black Representation in the Post Network, Post Civil Rights World of Global Media	118	(13)
Herman Gray
PART III CHANGING CULTURES OF IDENTITY	131	(66)
In Whose Image? IV Criticism and Black Minority Viewers	133	(16)
Karen Ross
Ethnicity, National Culture(s) and the Interpretation of Television	149	(15)
Ramaswami Harindranath
Transnational Communications and Diaspora Communities	164	(15)
Marie Gillespie
Media and Diasport Consciousness: An Exploration Among Iranians in London	179	(18)
Annabele Sreberny
PART IV AFTERWORD: ON THE RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE	197	(18)
Media and the Public Sphere in Multi-Ethnic Societies	199	(16)
Charles Husband
Discussion of Key Terms and Concepts	215	(6)
References	221	(21)
Index	242