Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation

Name: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation
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ISBN: 9780230341821

ISBN-10: 0230341829

ISBN-13: 9780230341821

Edition: 2012

Authors: Eric Deggans

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Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on old prejudices and deep-rooted fears, coloring the conversation in the blogosphere and the cable news chatter to distract from the true issues at stake. Using the same tactics once used to mobilize political parties and committed voters, they send their fans coded messages and demonize opposing groups, in the process securing valuable audience share and website traffic. Race-baiter is a term born out…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Making All the Right Enemies



Fox News Channel vs. MSNBC: Downgrading All Journalism in the Race to Win a Political Fight



Information Wars: How Partisan Media Manipulate Facts to Get Your Attention



Fox News Channel's Focus on Scary Black People Leaves Race Relations as Collateral Damage



Chasing Obama, Newt, Bachmann, and Palin: The Pitfalls of Race and Gender in Political Coverage



From Supernegroes to BBFs: Why Network TV Still Often Stars White America



How News Media Became a Haven for Middle-Aged White Guys (and a Few Women)



Hate Radio: Why Talk Radio May Not Be a Haven for Angry White Guys Much Longer



From Flavor Flav to All-American Muslim: Searching Past the Stereotypes in "Reality TV"



The Katrina Effect: How Lax Poverty Coverage Helps Politicians Demonize the Poor



Talking across Difference: Resisting Propaganda while Integrating Our Lives and Media


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