Media Messages: What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us About Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation [Hardcover]

Linda Holtzman (Author)

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Linda Holtzman is Associate Professor and former Chair, Department of Communications and Journalism, Webster University, St. Louis. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc (February 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765603365
• ISBN-13: 978-0765603364
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,130,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for Educators, September 25, 2001

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This review is from: Media Messages : What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us about Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (Paperback)

"Media Messages" is one of the few books to confront issues of race, class, and gender in the media. Holtzman's work will be useful to media literacy educators seeking ideas for how to address issues of multiculturalism and the media in the classroom. Holtzman provides media activities that help readers and students reflect on their own racial, sexual, and class backgrounds and perceptions, and how the latter is informed by film, television, and popular music.
Her analysis is not just theoretical, but is supported with numerious examples of television shows, movies, and songs to explore issues of racism, poverty, and sexism. I recommend this book along Carlos Cortes's The Children Are Watching, and Zook's Color by Fox.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 11, 2012

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This review is from: Media Messages : What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us about Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (Paperback)

This is a great book! I needed it for a Media Literacy class and it is really insightful and I find it easy to read. It explains things quite well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Media Messages Textbook, February 28, 2011

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This review is from: Media Messages : What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us about Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (Paperback)

This book is a great book. I am using it for a class called Gender, Race and Class in the Media. We have been using this as the main book which has been good.I have enjoyed learning and seeing this authors perspective on the things I hae been learning about.