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oapen-20.500.12657-413402024-03-25T17:57:57Z Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media Smith, Jason A. Thakore, Bhoomi K. communication studies; cultural studies; framing; media studies; popular culture; race and ethnicity; race and media; representation; sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is necessary. Contributors contend that race in the United States is dynamic, connected to social, economic, and political structures which are continually altering themselves. The book seeks to highlight the contested space that the media provides for changing dimensions of race, examining the ways that various representations can both hinder or promote positive racial views, considering media in relation to other institutions, and moving beyond thinking of media as a passive and singular institution. 2020-08-19T14:29:35Z 2020-08-19T14:29:35Z 2016 book 9781138937154 9781138599505 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41340 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315676425 10.4324/9781315676425 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 28d32965-3e36-4527-83cd-9effa412bf28 e4df297f-f31a-4028-ab88-22f4f22a1807 9781138937154 9781138599505 Routledge open access
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This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is necessary. Contributors contend that race in the United States is dynamic, connected to social, economic, and political structures which are continually altering themselves. The book seeks to highlight the contested space that the media provides for changing dimensions of race, examining the ways that various representations can both hinder or promote positive racial views, considering media in relation to other institutions, and moving beyond thinking of media as a passive and singular institution.
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