Description
| Product ID: | 9780313378928 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Images That Injure |
| Subtitle: | Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Martin Lester |
| Page Count: | 472 |
| Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, Social discrimination and social justice, Social groups, communities and identities, Social discrimination & inequality, Social groups |
| Description: | This expanded collection of new and fully revised explorations of media content identifies the ways we all have been negatively stereotyped and demonstrates how careful analysis of media portrayals can create more beneficial alternatives. Not all damaging stereotypes are obvious. This expanded collection of new and fully revised explorations of media content identifies the ways we all have been negatively stereotyped and demonstrates how careful analysis of media portrayals can create more beneficial alternatives.Not all damaging stereotypes are obvious. In fact, the pictorial stereotypes in the media that we don''t notice could be the most harmful because we aren''t even aware of the negative, false ideas they perpetrate.This book presents a series of original research essays on media images of groups including African Americans, Latinos, women, the elderly, the physically disabled, gays and lesbians, and Jewish Americans, just to mention a few. Specific examples of these images are derived from a variety of sources, such as advertising, fine art, film, television shows, cartoons, the Internet, and other media, providing a wealth of material for students and professionals in almost any field. Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media, Third Edition not only accurately describes and analyzes the media''s harmful depictions of cultural groups, but also offers creative ideas on alternative representations of these individuals. These discussions illuminate how each of us is responsible for contributing to a sea of meaning within our mass culture. |
| Imprint Name: | Praeger Publishers Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-04-19 |
