Racialized Media: The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity

Published by New York University Press 2020

Racialized Media

The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity

Edited by: Matthew W. Hughey and Emma González-Lesser

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479811076.001.0001

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About this book

How media propagates and challenges racism

From Black Panther to #OscarsSoWhite, the concept of “race,” and how it is represented in media, has continued to attract attention in the public eye. In Racialized Media, Matthew W. Hughey, Emma González-Lesser, and the contributors to this important new collection of original essays provide a blueprint to this new, ever-changing media landscape.

With sweeping breadth, contributors examine a number of different mediums, including film, television, books, newspapers, social media, video games, and comics. Each chapter explores the impact of contemporary media on racial politics, culture, and meaning in society. Focusing on producers, gatekeepers, and consumers of media, this book offers an inside look at our media-saturated world, and the impact it has on our understanding of race, ethnicity, and more. Through an interdisciplinary lens, Racialized Media provides a much-needed look at the role of race and ethnicity in all phases of media production, distribution, and reception.

Author / Editor information

Hughey Matthew W. :

Matthew W. Hughey is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption.González-Lesser Emma :

Emma González-Lesser is a PhD Candidate at the University of Connecticut.

Matthew W. Hughey is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption.

Emma González-Lesser is a PhD Candidate at the University of Connecticut.

Reviews

Maryann Erigha, author of The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry:
Racialized Media presents a timely collection of readings investigating the complex relationship between race and media. A diverse mix of established and emerging scholars highlight contemporary topics, issues, and controversies concerning media production, circulation, and consumption. From traditional media forms like film, television, and news to social media and online artifacts, the book covers a broad array of cultural objects. An informative and thorough book, Racialized Media makes a convincing case for why media and race matter and how they are essential to understanding our social world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. The “Labor” of Racialized Media: Stuart Hall and the Circuit of Culture Matthew W. Hughey and Emma González-Lesser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. How Racialized Media Is Designed
1. Political Economy and the Global-Local Nexus of Hollywood Minjeong Kim and Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Redesigning a Pocket Monument: A Reparative Reading of the 2016 Twenty-Dollar-Bill Controversy Catherine R. Squires and Aisha Upton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Go ’Head Girl, Way to Represent! Dealing with Issues of Race and Gender in Shondaland Maretta McDonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4. Comic Forms of Racial Justice: Aesthetics of Racialized Affect and Political Critique Rachel Kuo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. The News Media and the Racialization of American Poverty Martin Gilens and Niamh Costello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6. Process as Product: Native American Filmmaking and Storytelling Justin de Leon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Part II. How Racialized Media Is Delivered
7. Rethinking the American Public: NPR and the Pursuit of the Ideal Latinx Listener Christopher Chávez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8. Journalistic Whiteout: Whiteness and the Racialization of News Carlos Alamo-Pastrana and William Hoynes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9. Reframing Adoptee Narratives: Korean-Adoptee Identity and Culture in Twinsters and aka SEOUL SunAh M. Laybourn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
10. #BlackLivesMatter and Twitter: Mediation as a Dramaturgical Analysis Leslie Kay Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
11. Moral Framing Networks: How Moral Entrepreneurs Create Power through the Media Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal and David Elkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Part III. How Racialized Media Is Decoded
12. “It Is Likely a White Gene”: Racial Voyeurism and Consumption of Black Mothers and “White” Babies in Online News Media Sonita R. Moss and Dorothy E. Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
13. Virtual Antiracism: Pleasure, Catharsis, and Hope in Mafia III and Watch Dogs 2 David J. Leonard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
14. Decoding the Drug War: The Racial Politics of Digital Audience Reception Michael L. Rosino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
15. Dear White People: Using Film as a Catalyst for Racial Activism against Institutional Racism in the College Classroom Tina M. Harris, Anna M. Dudney Deeb and Alysen Wade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Conclusion. Next Steps for Media Studies Emma González-Lesser and Matthew W. Hughey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
About the Editors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369