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Race in the news / Ian Law.
Van Pelt Library P94.5.M55 L38 2002
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LIBRA P94.5.M55 L38 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Law, Ian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and race relations.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 178 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- A systematic analysis of how race and ethnicity are represented in the news, this book is a sea change in British news media coverage, drawing on the first substantial empirical analysis of news content in over a decade. Ranging across subjects such as migration, asylum-seekers, and crime, as well as stories that expose racism and advocate for racial justice, it provides an accessible introduction to the conceptual tools available for the analysis of race and racism in the media. It concludes by offering an assessment of the role of positive action strategies in journalism, together with analysis of their impact on patterns of representation and institutional racism in news organizations.
- Contents:
- 1 Conceptualising and Evaluating Racism in Media Representation 11
- Conceptualising racism: three frameworks for media analysis 20
- Frameworks for measuring negative attribution 24
- Whitecentrism 25
- Mimetic accuracy 29
- Eurocentrism 29
- Racialised voices 30
- 2 British New: The 'Great Anti-Racist Show?' 36
- Race in the British news: a case study 43
- Themes and messages: the dominance of anti-racist news 46
- Race-news themes 47
- Race-news messages 49
- Detailed composition of race-news messages 53
- Racism and discrimination: expose or deny? 53
- Immigration and asylum-seekers: stay or go? 58
- General Election: woo the vote or play the race card? 61
- Minority groups: social problem or a national asset? 66
- Taking action: improving or restricting opportunities? 70
- Mono- or multicultural Britain? 72
- 3 Bashing the Bias: Rape, Migration and Naming 77
- Race, rape and crime 78
- Black gang-bangers and the Muslim underclass 78
- Race and rape in US news 86
- Immigration 89
- Bias and prejudice 96
- Naming racial and ethnic groups 103
- 4 Anti-Racism and the News 111
- The Stephen Lawrence case 116
- Case summary (1993-7) 116
- Media coverage 116
- Media attacks on the white youths' right to silence 117
- News advocacy of racial justice and anti-racism 117
- Giving voice to a black mother 118
- The Daily Mail 119
- Context and explanation 120
- Exposing institutional racism 123
- Military racism 124
- Fashion industry racism 127
- Exposing racism in US news 129
- News actors 132
- Improving space for minority voices 132
- Agendas for action 134
- 5 Citizenship, Positive Action and the News Media 138
- Citizenship tests 138
- Positive action 139
- Legal context and emerging initiatives 143
- Employment, training and institutional racism in the media 145
- Strategic difficulties 149
- Managing implementation 151
- Institutional racism in news organisations 164.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333740742
- 0333740750
- OCLC:
- 47296407
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