Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 165 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "African American Women in the News offers the first in-depth examination of the varied representations of black women in American journalism, from analyses of coverage of domestic abuse and "crack mothers" to exploration of new media coverage of Michelle Obama on Youtube. Marian Meyers interrogates the varied, complex, and often contradictory images of African American women in various news media through detailed case studies of both national and local news, the mainstream and black press, and traditional news outlets as well as new digital news platforms. She argues that previous studies of African Americans and the news have largely ignored the representations of women as distinct from men, and the ways in which socioeconomic class becomes a determining factor in how black women are portrayed by the press. Meyers proposes that a pattern of paternalistic racism, as distinct from the "modern" racism found in previous studies of news coverage of African Americans, is more likely to characterize the media's treatment of African American women. Drawing on critical cultural studies and black feminist theory, Meyers suggests that the cultural myths and stereotypes of African American women we see in the news belies a far more complex and contradictory issue, located at the intersection of race, class and gender. African American Women in the News is ideal for courses on race and news media, and for professional journalists and students of journalism who seek to improve the diversity and sensitivity of their journalistic practice"--

Subject

1. Black people in television broadcasting > United States
2. Women in television broadcasting > United States
3. African American women journalists
4. Black people on television
5. Journalism > United States > History
6. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media

Contents

1. The missing Black woman in the news: an introduction -- African American women in local TV news -- CNN and FOX News: African American women in cable network news -- 'Tubing with Michelle Obama -- Juanita Bynum in Black and white (News) -- Violence against African American women in local news: Freaknik as a case study -- Crack moms and the narrative of paternalistic racism -- Finding African American women in the news: a conclusion.

Call number

1. Sc E 13-948

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Meyers, Marian, 1954-

Title

1. African American women in the news : gender, race, and class in journalism / Marian Meyers.

Publisher

1. New York : Routledge, 2013.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2012047213

ISBN

1. 9780415875721 (hardback)
2. 0415875722 (hardback)
3. 9780415875738 (paperback)
4. 0415875730 (paperback)
5. 9780203859940 (ebook)

Research call number

1. Sc E 13-948