The Routledge Companion to Media and Race - 9781138020726

Name: The Routledge Companion to Media and Race - 9781138020726
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Companion to Media and RaceAuthor(s): Christopher Campbell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138020726, 978-1138020726\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Companion to Media and Race serves as a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, and media professionals who seek to understand the key debates about the impact of media messages on racial attitudes and understanding. Broad in scope and richly presented from a diversity of perspectives, the book is divided into three sections: first, it summarizes the theoretical approaches that scholars have adopted to analyze the complexities of media messages about race and ethnicity, from the notion of \""representation\"" to more recent concepts like Critical Race Theory. Second, the book reviews studies related to a variety of media, including film, television, print media, social media, music, and video games. Finally, contributors present a broad summary of media iss.