The black image in the white mind : media and race in America /

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Author / Creator:Entman, Robert M.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228732
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Other authors / contributors:Rojecki, Andrew, 1946-
ISBN:9780226210773
0226210774
0226210758
9780226210759
0226210766
9780226210766
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
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Summary:"The Black Image in the White Mind offers a look at the intricate racial patterns in the mass media and how they shape the ambivalent attitudes of Whites toward Blacks." "Using the media, and especially television, as barometers of race relations, Robert Entman and Andrew Rojecki explore but then go beyond the treatment of African Americans on network and local news to uncover the messages sent about race by the entertainment industry - from prime-time dramas and sitcoms to commercials and Hollywood movies. While the authors find very little in the media that intentionally promotes racism, they find even less that advances racial harmony. They reveal instead a subtle pattern of images that, while making room for Blacks, implies a racial hierarchy with Whites on top and promotes a sense of difference and conflict. Entman and Rojecki interweave such astute observations with candid interviews of White Americans that make clear how these images of racial difference insinuate themselves into Whites' thinking."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Entman, Robert M. Black image in the white mind. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000 9780226210759