Prisms of prejudice : mediating the Middle East from the United States /

"Media do not reflect: media refract. In the United States, established and enduring prisms of prejudice about the projected "Middle East" are mediated through popular culture, broadcast news, government mission statements and official maps. This mediation serves to assert political b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilkins, Karin Gwinn, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Temas:
Prejudices in the press > United States.
Mass media and public opinion > United States.
Préjugés dans la presse > États-Unis.
Médias et opinion publique > États-Unis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies
Mass media.
Mass media and public opinion.
Prejudices in the press.
Middle East > In mass media.
Middle East.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Media do not reflect: media refract. In the United States, established and enduring prisms of prejudice about the projected "Middle East" are mediated through popular culture, broadcast news, government mission statements and official maps. This mediation serves to assert political boundaries and construct the US as heroic against a villainous or victimized Middle East. These problematic maps and narratives are persistent over time and prevalent across genre, with clear consequences evidenced by the rise in discriminatory sentiments in the US population and experiences of harm in US Arab and Muslim communities. Exploring a wide range of media, Karin Gwinn Wilkins illuminates the shape and scope of these narratives and explores ways to counter these prisms of prejudice through informed and engaged strategic intervention"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 171 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520976363
9780520976368

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