Race, media, and the crisis of civil society : from Watts to Rodney King

The Resource Race, media, and the crisis of civil society : from Watts to Rodney King
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Race, media, and the crisis of civil society : from Watts to Rodney King
Title remainder
from Watts to Rodney King
Statement of responsibility
Ronald N. Jacobs
Title variation
Race, Media, & the Crisis of Civil Society
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Language
eng
Summary
Since the early nineteenth century, African-Americans have turned to black newspapers to monitor the mainstream media and to develop alternative interpretations of public events. Ronald Jacobs tells the stories of these newspapers, showing how they increased black visibility within white civil society and helped to form separate black public spheres in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Comparing African-American and 'mainstream' media coverage of some of the most memorable racial crises of the last forty years such as the Watts riot, the beating of Rodney King, the Los Angeles uprisings and the O. J. Simpson trial, Jacobs shows why a strong African-American press is still needed today. Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society challenges us to rethink our common understandings of communication, solidarity and democracy. Its engaging style and thorough scholarship will ensure its appeal to students, academics and the general reader interested in the mass media, race and politics
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UkCbUP
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302.23/089/96073
Index
index present
LC call number
P94.5.A372
LC item number
U557 2000
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Cambridge cultural social studies

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