Race in the News

Name: Race in the News
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ISBN: 9780333740743

ISBN-10: 0333740742

ISBN-13: 9780333740743

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Ian Law, Lan Law

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Book details

List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Publication date: 12/5/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Ian Law is founding director of the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies and a reader in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.



List of Tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Conceptualising and Evaluating Racism in Media Representation


Introduction


Conceptualising racism: three frameworks for media analysis


Frameworks for measuring negative attribution


Whitecentrism


Mimetic accuracy


Eurocentrism


Racialised voices


Conclusion



British New: The 'Great Anti-Racist Show?'


Introduction: the death of racism or a case to answer?


Race in the British news: a case study


Themes and messages: the dominance of anti-racist news


Race-news themes


Race-news messages


Detailed composition of race-news messages


Racism and discrimination: expose or deny?


Immigration and asylum-seekers: stay or go?


General Election: woo the vote or play the race card?


Minority groups: social problem or a national asset?


Taking action: improving or restricting opportunities?


Mono- or multicultural Britain?


Case study summary


Conclusion



Bashing the Bias: Rape, Migration and Naming


Introduction


Race, rape and crime


Black gang-bangers and the Muslim underclass


Race and rape in US news


Immigration


Bias and prejudice


Naming racial and ethnic groups


Conclusion



Anti-Racism and the News


Introduction


The Stephen Lawrence case


Case summary (1993-7)


Media coverage


Media attacks on the white youths' right to silence


News advocacy of racial justice and anti-racism


Giving voice to a black mother


The Daily Mail


Context and explanation


Conclusion


Exposing institutional racism


Military racism


Fashion industry racism


Exposing racism in US news


News actors


Improving space for minority voices


Agendas for action


Conclusion



Citizenship, Positive Action and the News Media


Citizenship tests


Positive action


Background


Legal context and emerging initiatives


Employment, training and institutional racism in the media


Strategic difficulties


Managing implementation


Conclusion


Conclusion


Summary of key themes


Institutional racism in news organisations


References


Index