Newspaper coverage of interethnic conflict : competing visions of America

Newspaper coverage of interethnic conflict : competing visions of America /

Newspaper Coverage of Interethnic Conflict: Competing Visions of America examines mainstream and ethnic minority news coverage of interethnic conflicts in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Authors Hemant Shah and Michael C. Thornton investigate the role of news in racial formation, the place...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Shah, Hemant, 1957-
Other Authors: Thornton, Michael Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2004
Subjects:
Minorities > Press coverage > United States.
Ethnic press > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Newspaper Coverage of Interethnic Conflict: Competing Visions of America examines mainstream and ethnic minority news coverage of interethnic conflicts in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Authors Hemant Shah and Michael C. Thornton investigate the role of news in racial formation, the place of ethnic minority media in the public sphere, and how these competing visions of America are part of ongoing social and political struggles to construct, define, and challenge the meanings of race and nation. The authors suggest that mainstream newspapers reinforce dominant racial ideology while e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 276 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.
ISBN:9781483327969
1483327965
9781452245492
1452245495
Access:Legal Deposit;
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.

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