The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
ISBN 978-1-4985-2346-2
Introduction: From Theory to Praxis: Social Inequality and Its Consequences / Toks Oyedemi and Jan Servaes, xiii
I. POVERTY AND THE MEDIA
1 All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others: how and why inequality became invisible in the British press / Steven Harkins and Jairo Lugo-Ocando, 3
2 Dialogic journalism: bringing marginalized communities onto the implied audience / Greg Nielsen, James Gibbons, Amanda Weightman, and Mike Gasher, 21
3 Britain's hidden hungry? the portrayal of food bank users in the U.K. national press / Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher, 39
4 The invisible hand begs for "sadaka": does the media legitimize poverty via Islamic alms in Turkey? / Kaan Tasbasi, 61
II. TECHNOLOGY AND INEQUALITIES
5 Technology and inequalities. Social inequalities in digital skills: the European framework and the Italian case / Roberta Bracciale and Isabella Mingo, 81
6 Breaching the divide: "hole in the wall" computer kiosks for education and development in urban Bangladesh / Guyuri Kepes, 113
III. WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT, AND THE MEDIA
7 Women, empowerment, and the media. Hill women's voices and community communication about climate change: the case of Henvalvani community radio in India / Aparna Moitra and Archna Kumar, 137
8 Citizen media and empowerment: an analysis of three experiences of media re-appropriation carried out by women during the popular insurrection in Oaxaca, Mexico / Francisco Sierra Caballero, Alice Poma, and Tommaso Gravante, 161
IV. REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER IN THE MEDIA
9 Representations of race, sexuality, and gender in the media. Harassed, marginalised, and childless: gender inequality in the Australian news media: a feminist analysis / Louise North, 181
10 Cross national coverage of rape and rape culture: a community structure approach / John C. Pollock, Lucy Obozintsev, Hannah Salamone, Lauren Longo, and Stephanie Agresti, 203
11 Multiculturalism as a disempowering paradigm: the Canadian case / Fay Patel, 227
Conclusion: studying complex inequalities / Jan Servaes, 243
I. POVERTY AND THE MEDIA
1 All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others: how and why inequality became invisible in the British press / Steven Harkins and Jairo Lugo-Ocando, 3
2 Dialogic journalism: bringing marginalized communities onto the implied audience / Greg Nielsen, James Gibbons, Amanda Weightman, and Mike Gasher, 21
3 Britain's hidden hungry? the portrayal of food bank users in the U.K. national press / Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher, 39
4 The invisible hand begs for "sadaka": does the media legitimize poverty via Islamic alms in Turkey? / Kaan Tasbasi, 61
II. TECHNOLOGY AND INEQUALITIES
5 Technology and inequalities. Social inequalities in digital skills: the European framework and the Italian case / Roberta Bracciale and Isabella Mingo, 81
6 Breaching the divide: "hole in the wall" computer kiosks for education and development in urban Bangladesh / Guyuri Kepes, 113
III. WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT, AND THE MEDIA
7 Women, empowerment, and the media. Hill women's voices and community communication about climate change: the case of Henvalvani community radio in India / Aparna Moitra and Archna Kumar, 137
8 Citizen media and empowerment: an analysis of three experiences of media re-appropriation carried out by women during the popular insurrection in Oaxaca, Mexico / Francisco Sierra Caballero, Alice Poma, and Tommaso Gravante, 161
IV. REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER IN THE MEDIA
9 Representations of race, sexuality, and gender in the media. Harassed, marginalised, and childless: gender inequality in the Australian news media: a feminist analysis / Louise North, 181
10 Cross national coverage of rape and rape culture: a community structure approach / John C. Pollock, Lucy Obozintsev, Hannah Salamone, Lauren Longo, and Stephanie Agresti, 203
11 Multiculturalism as a disempowering paradigm: the Canadian case / Fay Patel, 227
Conclusion: studying complex inequalities / Jan Servaes, 243
