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
" This volume contains chapters by an international array of scholars and provides case studies from various countries with critical empirical analysis of social inequalities and how they shape media narratives and experiences. The topics examined here include poverty in the media in Britain and Turkey, technology and inequality in Italy and Bangladesh, gender, inequality, and empowerment in India, Mexico, and Australia, and cross national analysis of rape culture, among others." (Publisher description)
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
