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Representing Race
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Representing Race
Racisms, Ethnicity and the Media



February 2005 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
"It succeeds on all levels as a key text in exploring the issues of depiction of race and ethnicity in media and the combating of mediated racism."

—COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS


Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband¦s work is likely to become the key text in the field. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation - Professor Daya K. Thussu, University of Westminster, UK

The Media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and 'race', this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study.

Representing 'Race': racisms, ethnicities and media

- Introduces and evaluates key conceptual issues

- Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the role of the media

- Addresses a number of pressing political concerns including 'racial'justice and the drift to the Right

- Includes a wide range of contemporary examples from Britain,

the USA, Europe, Australia.

- Analyzes the growth of indigenous people's media

- Compares media representations of 'race', 'religion', 'tribe',

and 'nationality'

- Assesses current strategies for reforming professional media

practice in this sphere.

Drawing on years of research, this book provides both a major intervention in the debate, as well as a comprehensive introduction to the area. As such, it will be required reading for anyone interested in 'race', representation and the media.

 
'Race' and Ethnicity: Definitions and Issues
 
Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Media
 
Racism and the Media of the Extreme Right
 
Violence, 'Race' and Media: Comparative Perspectives
 
The Distinctive Challenge of Indigeneity
 
Media Monitoring and Codes of Practice
 
Pressurizing the Media Industry: Achievements and Limitations
 
Communities of Practice and the Cultures of Media Production
 
The Multi-Ethnic Public Sphere and Differentiated Citizenship

Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband¦s work is likely to become the key text in the field. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation.
Professor Daya K. Thussu
University of Westminster, UK


"It succeeds on all levels as a key text in exploring the issues of depiction of race and ethnicity in media and the combating of mediated racism." 

—COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS

Patrick L. Stearns
Morgan State University
Communication Research Trends

John D. H. Downing

John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society More About Author

Charles Husband

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