Preface and Acknowledgements
PART I. MAJORITY RULES: "MINORITIES" AND THE MEDIA
1. Multiculturalism in the Land of Majority Rule
2. Do the Media Matter?
PART II. RACIALISM IN ENTERTAINMENT PORTRAYALS
3. The Roots of Racial Stereotypes in American Media
4. Stereotypes Extend Into Television and the Video Age
PART III. RACIALISM IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
5. The Press: A Legacy of Exclusion
6. Advertising: The Media′s Not-so-Silent Partner
7. Public Relations: Influencing the Content of the Media
PART IV. WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE MEDIA
8. Two Strikes and ...?
PART V. STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH RACIALLY INTENSIVE MEDIA
9. Access: Toward Diversity With (Un)deliberate Speed
10. Advocacy: Pressuring the Media to Change
11. Alternatives: Colorful Firsts in Class Communication
PART VI: THE RISE OF CLASS COMMUNICATION
12. 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities
Suggested Readings
Clint C. Wilson II, EdD is professor of Journalism at the Howard
University School of Communications and graduate professor in its
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. A recipient of the Honor
Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from the University
of Missouri, Wilson has published scholarly work on the
relationship between people of color and mainstream general
circulation media in Journalism Educator, Columbia Journalism
Review, Quill, and Change. His professional journalism career
includes work for various news media organizations, including the
Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, St.
Petersburg Times, USA Today.com and the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Félix F. Gutiérrez, PhD, is professor of Journalism and
Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism and professor of American Studies and Ethnicity in the
Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at
the University of Southern California. A former senior vice
president of the Newseum and Freedom Forum, his publication credits
include five books and more than 50 articles or book chapters on
diversity and the media. He received the 2011 Lionel C. Barrow Jr.
Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and
Education of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
named him the "Padrino (Godfather) of Hispanic Journalists" in 1995
and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2002.
Lena M. Chao is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at
California
State University, Los Angeles where she also serves as Director for
the
Asian and Asian American Institute. Prior to joining the faculty at
CSULA,
she was on the administrative staff of the Media Institute for
Minorities at
the University of Southern California and worked as a Public
Service
Coordinator at KFWB News radio in Los Angeles. She also has worked
at Radio
Espanol and served as Media Director for the American Civil
Liberties Union
of Southern California.
Her areas of scholarly specialization include public relations,
mass
communication, and intercultural and interpersonal communications.
Her
academic work has been published in Human Communication, California
Politics
and Policy, and Feedback among others.
She was on the founding board of the Media Action Network for
Asian
Americans (MANAA), a watchdog group that monitors communications
media in
the United States for fair, balanced and accurate portrayals of
Asian
Pacific Americans. Her public service activities also includes
membership on
the advisory boards of two non-profit organizations, The Coalition
of
Brothers and Sisters Unlimited, and the Estelle Van Meter
Multipurpose
Center, both located in South Central Los Angeles. She is Faculty
Director
for Service Learning at Cal State L.A., promoting curriculum
development and
faculty and student involvement in community service learning
opportunities.
Ms. Chao received her B.A. in English Literature from the
University of
California, Los Angeles, and her M.S. in Print Journalism and Ph.D.
in
Communication Arts and Sciences from the University of Southern
California.
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