Race and gender in electronic media : content, context, culture / edited by Rebecca Ann Lind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lind, Rebecca Ann, author.

Series:

Electronic media research series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities in mass media.

Race relations in mass media.

Sex in mass media.

Sex role in mass media.

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

xvii, 388 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

This volume examines the consequences, implications, and opportunities associated with issues of diversity in the electronic media. With a focus on race and gender, the chapters represent diverse approaches, including social scientific, humanistic, critical, and rhetorical. The contributors consider race and gender issues in both historical and contemporary electronic media, and their work is presented in three sections: content, context (audiences, effects, and reception), and culture (media industries, policy, and production). In this book, the authors investigate, problematize, and theorize a variety of concerns which at their core relate to issues of difference. How do we use media to construct and understand different social groups? How do the media represent and affect our engagement with and responses to different social groups? How can we understand these processes and the environment within which they occur? Although this book focuses on the differences associated with race and gender, the questions raised by and the theoretical perspectives presented in the chapters are applicable to other forms of socially-constructed difference. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Perennial Challenges and Opportunities / Rebecca Ann Lind Lind, Rebecca Ann 1

Part I Content 19

2 Race and Sex in Prime Time: Five Decades of Research / Nancy Signorielli Signorielli, Nancy 21

3 Frames of the Olympic Host: Media Coverage of Russia's Anti-Gay Legislation / Andrew C. Billings Billings, Andrew C., Leigh M. Moscowitz Moscowitz, Leigh M., Yiyi Yang Yang, Yiyi 38

4 Uniquely Glee: Transing Racialized Gender / Gust A. Yep Yep, Gust A., Sage E. Russo Russo, Sage E., Jace K. Allen Allen, Jace K., Nicholas T. Chivers Chivers, Nicholas T. 55

5 The Challenge of Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and Militarism in Media / Mary Douglas Vavrus Vavrus, Mary Douglas 72

6 Nurturing New Men and Polishing Imperfect Fathers Via Hetero- and Homosocial Relationships in Pixar Films / Bruce W. Finklea Finklea, Bruce W. 89

7 The Blind Gaze of the Zombie Normalizes the Landscape: Killing Off Inequalities When Walking Among the Undead / Kim Baker Baker, Kim 105

Part II Context: Audiences, Effects, Reception 123

8 Manipulating Race and Gender in Media Effects Research: A Methodological Review Using the Media FIT Taxonomy / Chaerisse L'Pree Corsbie-Massay Corsbie-Massay, Chaerisse L'Pree 125

9 Portrayals of Latinos in the Media and the Effects of Exposure on Latino and Non-Latino Audiences / Dana Mastro Mastro, Dana, Alexander Sink Sink, Alexander 144

10 Understanding How the Internet and Social Media Accelerate Racial Stereotyping and Social Division: The Socially Mediated Stereotyping Model / Travis L. Dixon Dixon, Travis L. 161

11 Our Country, Our Language, Our Server: Xenophobic and racist discourse in League of Legends / Robert Alan Brookey Brookey, Robert Alan, Charles Ecenbarger Ecenbarger, Charles 179

12 #IfTheyGunnedMeDown: Postmodern Media Criticism in a Post-Racial World / Christopher P. Campbell Campbell, Christopher P. 195

13 The Democratic Potential of Feminist Twitter / Linda Steiner Steiner, Linda, Stine Eckert Eckert, Stine 213

14 Producing Sexual Cultures and Pseudonymous Publics with Digital Networks / Ben Light Light, Ben 231

15 Islamic Fashion Images on Instagram and the Visuality of Muslim Women / Kristin M. Peterson Peterson, Kristin M. 247

Part III Culture: Media Industries, Policy, Production 265

16 Women's Access to Media: Legal Dimensions of Ownership and Employment in the United States / Carolyn M. Byerly Byerly, Carolyn M., Alisa Valentin Valentin, Alisa 267

17 Second Class Netizens: Race and the Emerging Mobile Internet Underclass / Philip M. Napoli Napoli, Philip M., Jonathan A. Obar Obar, Jonathan A. 293

18 "Damseling for Dollars": Toxic Technocultures and Geek Masculinity / Adrienne L. Massanari Massanari, Adrienne L. 312

19 This Week in Blackness and the Construction of Blackness in Independent Digital Media / Sarah Florjni Florjni, Sarah 328

20 Problems and Prospects of Spanish Language Television Broadcasting in the United States / Alan B. Albarran Albarran, Alan B., Nicole Warncke Warncke, Nicole 346

21 Ethical Sensitivity Assessment in Educational Settings: Examining Awareness of Ethical Issues Related to Media and Diversity / Rebecca Ann Lind Lind, Rebecca Ann, Tammy Swenson-Lepper Swenson-Lepper, Tammy 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Race and gender in electronic media.

ISBN:

9781138640108

1138640107

OCLC:

962389472