Media Across the African Diaspora: Content, Audiences, and Global Influence
New York; London: Routledge (2018), xiii, 267 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: Routledge Transformations in Race and Media
ISBN 9780367588540 (pbk); 9781315159652 (online)
I. CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA CULTURE
1 The Early Black Press in Canada / Tokunbo Ojo, 7
2 Increase Your Faith: The Mainstreaming of Black Televangelism / Mark Ward, 18
3 Wrestling with Races: When Sitcoms, Families, and Political Struggles Meet / Judy Iskasen, 35
II. OWNING IMAGES AND NARRATIVES
4 (Re) defining Images of African women": A Post-Feminist Critique of the Ghanaian YouTube series "An African City" / Godfried Asante and Rita Daniels, 51
5 Walking through Wakanda: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Black Superhero Comic Books / Christopher Brown, Brandon McCasland, Kathryn Paris, and Sachi Sekimoto, 69
III. BRIDGES ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
6 Stereotyped representations of African cultural values in Black media: A critical analysis / Marquita Marie Gammage and Justin T. Gammage, 85
7 Nollywood USA: Opportunities and Challenges in Forging a New Pan African Storytelling and Identity / Adedayo Abah, 98
IV. AUDIENCES' RESPONSES AND EFFECTS
8 Exploring African Female Immigrants' Perceptions of their Portrayal in the U.S. Media / Gloria Pindi, 125
9 Hardly Ever…I Don't See It: Black Youth Speak about Positive Media Images of Black Men / Valerie N. Adams-Bass and Erin Joann Henrici, 147
10 For Us only? Examining the Effect of Viewing Context on Black Audiences' Perceived Influence of Black Entertainment / Omotayo O. Banjo, 163
V. DIGITAL DIASPORA
11 Social Media and social Justice Movements After the Diminution of Black-owned Media in the United States / Jeffrey Blevins, 191
12 Science and Identity Construction among Black transnational Virtual Communities / Gado Alzouma, 204
13 "Prime Time" Geographies: Dancehall Performance, Visual Communication and the Philosophy of Boundarylessness / Sonjah Stanley Niahh, 223
1 The Early Black Press in Canada / Tokunbo Ojo, 7
2 Increase Your Faith: The Mainstreaming of Black Televangelism / Mark Ward, 18
3 Wrestling with Races: When Sitcoms, Families, and Political Struggles Meet / Judy Iskasen, 35
II. OWNING IMAGES AND NARRATIVES
4 (Re) defining Images of African women": A Post-Feminist Critique of the Ghanaian YouTube series "An African City" / Godfried Asante and Rita Daniels, 51
5 Walking through Wakanda: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Black Superhero Comic Books / Christopher Brown, Brandon McCasland, Kathryn Paris, and Sachi Sekimoto, 69
III. BRIDGES ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
6 Stereotyped representations of African cultural values in Black media: A critical analysis / Marquita Marie Gammage and Justin T. Gammage, 85
7 Nollywood USA: Opportunities and Challenges in Forging a New Pan African Storytelling and Identity / Adedayo Abah, 98
IV. AUDIENCES' RESPONSES AND EFFECTS
8 Exploring African Female Immigrants' Perceptions of their Portrayal in the U.S. Media / Gloria Pindi, 125
9 Hardly Ever…I Don't See It: Black Youth Speak about Positive Media Images of Black Men / Valerie N. Adams-Bass and Erin Joann Henrici, 147
10 For Us only? Examining the Effect of Viewing Context on Black Audiences' Perceived Influence of Black Entertainment / Omotayo O. Banjo, 163
V. DIGITAL DIASPORA
11 Social Media and social Justice Movements After the Diminution of Black-owned Media in the United States / Jeffrey Blevins, 191
12 Science and Identity Construction among Black transnational Virtual Communities / Gado Alzouma, 204
13 "Prime Time" Geographies: Dancehall Performance, Visual Communication and the Philosophy of Boundarylessness / Sonjah Stanley Niahh, 223
