How are the perceptions of the majority culture, the `preferred readings', reflected in television news? How do they reinforce stereotyped attitudes on race? This interpretive analysis presents evidence of racism, including under-representation, within news texts. The author examines the values, traditions and practices of news production that, often unconsciously, serve to maintain the alienation of racial groups in society. While the focus is on local television news in the United States, Race, Myth and the News has a broad relevance to studies of culture and race.
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This is an excellent book that sheds light on some of the realities of television news and its perpetuation of various levels of racism. It critically examines news stories from TV affiliates around the country and exposes traditionally accepted TV news practices, evoking serious ethical questions. I will never be able to watch local news in the same way. Some of the examples are truly shocking.
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Race, Myth and the News does a great job exposing the way that the execution of television news defines it's depiction of issues of race. Without making accusations and generating theories without context, the author is able to breakdown his research to show trends and examples from real TV news broadcasts. He gives you room to think for yourself.
I would recommend reading this book in conjunction with How to Watch TV News by Neil Postman.
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On January 19, 1993, nearly 9 months after South Central Los Angeles erupted in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, the 6 p.m. broadcast of the local KNBC-TV news carried a 30-second story about Los Angeles Police Commission's approval of a $1 million plan to "better defend the city against rioting." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, Martin Luther King, Native American, Los Angeles, United States, New Orleans, Kerner Commission, Department of Commerce, The Cosby Show, Civil War, Brenda Howerton, Bud Grant, The Times-Picayune, New News, Victoria Dunbar, Charlie Howerton, Lake Mille Lacs, Paul Magers, Shirley Avery, Spike Lee, The Phoenix Gazette, Washington Post, New South, Scott Atkinson, William Pollard New!
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On January 19, 1993, nearly 9 months after South Central Los Angeles erupted in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, the 6 p.m. broadcast of the local KNBC-TV news carried a 30-second story about Los Angeles Police Commission's approval of a $1 million plan to "better defend the city against rioting." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, Martin Luther King, Native American, Los Angeles, United States, New Orleans, Kerner Commission, Department of Commerce, The Cosby Show, Civil War, Brenda Howerton, Bud Grant, The Times-Picayune, New News, Victoria Dunbar, Charlie Howerton, Lake Mille Lacs, Paul Magers, Shirley Avery, Spike Lee, The Phoenix Gazette, Washington Post, New South, Scott Atkinson, William Pollard New!
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- Jefferson Davis: Confederate President (Famous Figures of the Civil War Era) by Joey Frazier on page 45, and Back Matter
- Jefferson Davis by Patricia Miles Martin on page 45, and Back Matter
- The African Americans by Charles M. Collins in Back Matter
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- Media Representations of September 11 (Crime, Media, and Popular Culture) by Steven Chermak in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- News Culture (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies) by Stuart Allan on page 147, and Back Matter
- Global Lies?: Propaganda, the UN and World Order by Mark D. Alleyne in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- News Culture (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies) by Stuart Allan on page 177, and Back Matter
- Ethnic Minorities and the Media: Changing Cultural Boundaries (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies) by Simon Cottle in Back Matter
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