Screen LibraryRace-baiter : how the media wields dangerous words to divide a nation /
"Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on old prejudices and deep-rooted fears, coloring the conversation in the blogosphere and the cable news chatter to distract from the true issues at stake. Using the same tactics once used to mobilize political parties and committed voters, they send their fans coded messages and demonize opposing groups, |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 275 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780230341821 (hardback) : 0230341829 |
| Index Number: | PN4888 |
| CLC: | G219.712-05 |
| Call Number: | G219.712-05/D317 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Making all the right enemies -- Fox News Channel vs. MSNBC : downgrading all journalism in the race to win a political fight -- Information wars : how partisan media manipulate facts to get your attention -- Fox News Channel's focus on scary black people leaves race relations as collateral damage -- Chasing Obama, Newt, Bachmann, and Palin : the pitfalls of race and gender in political coverage -- From supernegroes to BBFs : why network TV still often stars white America -- How news media became a haven for middle-aged white guys (and a few women) -- Hate radio : why talk radi |