Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicity and the Media - Softcover

Downing, John D. H.; Husband, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761969128 ISBN 13: 9780761969129

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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

Review:

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 Author: Patrick L. Stearns Source: Communication Research Trends Published On: 2008-03-26

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0761969128
• ISBN 13: 9780761969129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256