Newspaper coverage of interethnic conflict : competing visions of America / Hemant Shah, Michael C. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shah, Hemant, 1957-

Contributor:

Thornton, Michael Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Press coverage--United States.

Minorities.

Ethnic press--United States.

Ethnic press.

Minorities--Press coverage.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [2003]

Summary:

Newspaper Coverage of Interethnic Conflict: Competing Visions of America examines mainstream and ethnic minority news coverage of interethnic conflicts in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Authors Hemant Shah and Michael C. Thornton investigate the role of news in racial formation, the place of ethnic minority media in the public sphere, and how these competing visions of America are part of ongoing social and political struggles to construct, define, and challenge the meanings of race and nation. The authors suggest that mainstream newspapers reinforce dominant racial ideology while ethnic minority newspapers provide an important counter-hegemonic view of U.S. race relations. The general process of racial Newspaper Coverage of Interethnic Conflict is highly recommended for students and scholars in the fields of Journalism, Mass Communications, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, and Sociology.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Immigration, Racial Anxiety, and Racial Formation 3

Recent Immigration Patterns 6

Racial Anxiety and Conflict in the "New" America 8

2. Miami, 1989 28

The Political and Economic Context in Miami, 1989 29

3. Washington, D.C., 1991 61

The Political and Economic Context in Washington, D.C., 1991 62

4. Los Angeles, 1992 97

The Political and Economic Context of Los Angeles, 1992 97

5. Los Angeles Times Coverage of Los Angeles 108

6. La Opinion Coverage of Los Angeles 138

7. African American Newspaper Coverage of Los Angeles 161

8. Asian American Newspaper Coverage of Los Angeles 189

Main News Narratives 220

News Narratives and Racial Formation 226

Ethnic Minority Newspapers, the Public Sphere, and Competing Visions 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.

ISBN:

0803972318

0803972326

OCLC:

52121387