Why Americans hate welfare : race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy /

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Author / Creator:	Gilens, Martin, author.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999. ©1999
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 296 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in communication, media, and public opinion Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
Subject:	Public welfare in mass media. Racism in mass media. Mass media and public opinion -- United States. Racism -- United States. Public welfare -- United States. Public opinion -- United States. Mass media and public opinion. Public opinion. Public welfare. Public welfare in mass media. Racism. Racism in mass media. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221884

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ISBN:	9780226293660 0226293661 9780226293646 9780226293653
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-279) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than forty years of television and newsmagazine stories on poverty, Gilens demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. But white Americans don't oppose welfare simply because they think it benefits blacks; rather, they think it benefits "undeserving" blacks who would rather live off the government than work, a perception powerfully fueled by the media's negative coverage of the black poor." "The public's views on welfare, Gilens shows, are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the "deserving" poor."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Gilens, Martin. Why Americans hate welfare. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999 9780226293646

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