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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      03 August 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511489211
      9780521623605
      9780521625784
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489211
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 204 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.32kg, 204 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Sociology: General Interest, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Media, Mass Communication, Sociology
      Series:
      Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
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    Subjects:
    Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Sociology: General Interest, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Media, Mass Communication, Sociology
    Series:
    Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
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    Since the early nineteenth century, African-Americans have turned to black newspapers to monitor the mainstream media and to develop alternative interpretations of public events. Ronald Jacobs tells the stories of these newspapers, showing how they increased black visibility within white civil society and helped to form separate black public spheres in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Comparing African-American and 'mainstream' media coverage of some of the most memorable racial crises of the last forty years such as the Watts riot, the beating of Rodney King, the Los Angeles uprisings and the O. J. Simpson trial, Jacobs shows why a strong African-American press is still needed today. Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society challenges us to rethink our common understandings of communication, solidarity and democracy. Its engaging style and thorough scholarship will ensure its appeal to students, academics and the general reader interested in the mass media, race and politics.

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    "This compact work should appeal to those studying race, conflict, and the role of media in society, particularly the different roles that 'big' and 'small' media may play... The book provides valuable insights into the processes of journalistic and societal framings of racial issues during the latter half of the twentieth century... In total, the book makes a compelling argument for the black press as a unique voice, not a substitute for participation in the mainstream media... Jacob's book brings us face-to-face with questions that will color our view of our multicultural world for years to come." Kimberly A. Neuendorf, Contemporary Sociology

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