Smith / Thakore Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-38513-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Transformations in Race and Media

This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is necessary. Contributors contend that race in the United States is dynamic, connected to social, economic, and political structures which are continually altering themselves. The book seeks to highlight the contested space that the media provides for changing dimensions of race, examining the ways that various representations can both hinder or promote positive racial views, considering media in relation to other institutions, and moving beyond thinking of media as a passive and singular institution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Jason

Smith, Jason A.

Thakore, Bhoomi K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Contours of Race and Media

(Jason A. Smith and Bhoomi K. Thakore)

Part 1: Structures and Contention

1. Failure to Communicate: The Critical Information Needs Debate

(Randy D. Abreu)

2. Courting Minority Commodity Audiences: Bounce TV in the Age of Media Conglomeration

(Leah P. Hunter and Jennifer M. Proffitt)

3. New Media & New Possibilities: The Online Engagement of Young Black Activists

(Nathan Jamel Riemer)

Part 2: Navigating Contention Behind the Scenes

4. Black, Asian, and Latino Directors in Hollywood

(Maryann Erigha)

5. Is Carlos Mencia A White Wetback?: Mediating the (E)Racing of U.S. Central Americans in the Latino Imaginary

(Maritza Cárdenas)

6. Sofía Vergara: On Media Representations of Latinidad

(Salvador Vidal-Ortiz)

7. Color-Blind Racism in Media: Mindy Kaling as an "Honorary White"

(Sheena Sood)

Part 3: Visual Representations of Contention

8. Drifting For Whiteness: Hollywood Representations of Asian Americans in the 21st Century

(John D. Foster)

9. Consuming Black Pain: Reading Racial Ideology in Cultural Appetite for 12 Years a Slave

(Jennifer C. Mueller and Rula Issa)

10. Racial Ideology in Electronic Dance Music Festival Promotional Videos

(David L. Brunsma, Nathaniel G. Chapman, and J. Slade Lellock

Part 4: Perpetuating Contentious Ideologies

11. The Rise of the Racial Reviewer, 1990-2004

(Bianca Gonzalez-Sobrino, Devon R. Goss, and Matthew W. Hughey)

12. Successful Immigrants in the News: Racialization, Color-Blind Racism, and the American Dream

(Jorge X. Ballinas)

13. Black Studies in Prime Time: Racial Expertise and the Framing of Cultural Authority

(Seneca Vaught)

14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Muslim: Media Representations of ‘Islamic Punk’ through a Postcolonial Lens

(Saif Shahin)

Conclusion: Looking Ahead

(Bhoomi K. Thakore and Jason A. Smith)

Über Autor(innen)

Jason Smith is a PhD Candidate in Public Sociology at George Mason University, USA. Past work has been featured in the International Journal of Communication, Journal of Black Studies, International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Sociation Today, and the edited volume Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2012.

Bhoomi K. Thakore will be joining Elmhurst College in Fall 2016 as Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Sociology Program. Her research interests broadly cover structural inequality, with particular focus on race/ethnicity/gender and media. In her forthcoming book, Just Like Everyone Else? South Asian Entertainers in U.S. Television and Film (Lexington Books, 2016), she examines the ways that South Asian characters and actors in popular entertainment reinforce a racialized hierarchy on Screen and in society.