Brown and Black communication Latino and African American conflict and convergence in mass media
Title:
Brown and Black communication Latino and African American conflict and convergence in mass media
Author:
Ríos, Diana Isabel Arredondo, 1962-
ISBN:
9780313096785
Publication Information:
Westport, CT : Praeger, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 248 p.)
Series:
Contributions to the study of mass media and communications, no. 65
Contributions to the study of mass media and communications ; no. 65.
Contents:
Foreword / Introduction / Communication in brown-black personal relationships / Perceiving conflict: similarities and differences between and among Latino/as, African Americans, and European Americans / Brown and black women in Nancy Savoca's The 24-hour woman: a critical analysis of multicultural imagery / Polarization of minorities: projecting trends in the new media environment / Use of minority sources in news / Photo coverage of Hispanics and blacks in a southwestern daily newspaper / Black, brown, and poor: who you don't see on local TV news and why / Band still plays on: a content analysis of HIV/AIDS, African Americans, and Latinos in New England newspapers / Latinos in the mainstream media: a case study of coverage in a major southwestern daily / News media, immigration, and the priming of racial perceptions / Hispanics, advertising, and alcohol: cultivation theory and panethnic beer commercials on the univision television network / Beauty in brown: skin color in Latina magazines / School-home communication for Latino and African American families: informed reflections / Why can't we "conversate"?: silencing and alienation of Latinos and African Americans in school settings / Latino and African American relations in academia: a case study of solidarity between faculty of color / Blackout, brownout, or both?: the dynamics of ethnic-oriented media advocacy
Abstract:
Though Latinos and African Americans have lived together in large cities as neighbors, there is much that is still misunderstood between them. Those who live in non-diverse locales have only news and entertainment representations on which to base their information about the two cultures. This new collection of essays brings together the latest interdisciplinary works by scholars examining conflicts and convergences among Latinos and African Americans in mass-mediated and cross-cultural contexts. Contributions in the form of both empirical and critical ethnographic research present compelling w.
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