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Title The praxis of social inequality in media : a global perspective / edited by Jan Servaes and Toks Oyedemi
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
Communication, globalization, and cultural identity.
Contents Poverty and the media. 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 -- Dialogic journalism: bringing marginalized communities nto the implied audience / Greg Nielsen, James Gibbons, Amanda Weightman, and Mike Gasher -- Britain's hidden hungry? the portrayal of food bank users in the U.K. national press / Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher -- The invisible hand begs for "sadaka": does the media legitimize poverty via Islamic alms in Turkey? / Kaan Ta?ba?? Technology and inequalities. Social inequalities in digital skills: the European framework and the Italian case / Roberta Bracciale and Isabella Mingo -- Breaching the divide: "hole in the wall" computer kiosks for education and development in urban Bangladesh / Guyuri Kepes -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Cross national coverage of rape and rape culture: a community structure approach / John C. Pollock, Lucy Obozintsev, Hannah Salamone, Lauren Longo, and Stephanie Agresti -- Multiculturalism as a disempowering paradigm: the canadian case / Fay Patel -- Conclusion: studying complex inequalities / Jan Servaes
Summary In this volume an international array of scholars provides case studies from various countries of social inequalities and how they shape media narratives and experiences. The topics include how social inequalities relate to gender and empowerment, poverty and the media, and discriminatory access to media technologies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Equality in mass media.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Equality in mass media
Informationstechnik
Soziale Ungleichheit
Massenkommunikation
Digitale Spaltung
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Servaes, Jan, 1952- editor.
Oyedemi, Toks, editor
LC no. 2016056703
ISBN 9781498523479
1498523471