Combining case studies and critical analysis, this book examines how the electronic and print media's representation of cultural groups such as African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, and Chicanos contribute to the understanding (and misunderstanding) of this country's cultural experience.

List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword by George Gerbner Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Introductory Perspectives 1. U.S. Minorities and the News Bradley S. Greenberg and Jeffrey E. Brand 2. Minority Representation and Portrayal in Modem Newsprint Cartoons Scott McLean 3. Disney does Diversity: The Social Context of Racial-Ethnic Imagery Alan J. Spector 4. Beyond Employment Diversity: Rethinking Contemporary Racist News Representations Christopher P. Campbell Part II. Mass Media and Ethnicity 5. Hegemony in Black and White: Interfacial Buddy Films and the New Racism B. Lee Artz 6. Black Situation Comedies and the Politics of Television Art Angela M. S. Nelson 7. Crawling Toward Civil Rights: News Media Coverage of Disability Activism Beth Hailer 8. Media Stereotypes of Jews: From JAPs to MDs Marsha Woodbury 9. Still Crazy After All These Years: Italian Americans in Mainstream U.S. Films Theresa Carilli 10. Ethnic Humor and Ingroup/Outgroup Positioning: Explicating Viewer Perceptions of All-American Girl Mark P. Orbe, Ruth Seymour, and Mee-Eun Kang 11. Destroying the Past to Save the Present: Pastoral Voice and Native Identity Richard Morris and Mary E. Stuckey 12. Ethnic Voices: Afrocentric Public Affairs Television Programming Alice A. Tait 13. The Representation of Arabs in U.S. Electronic Media Rebecca Ann Lind and James A. Danowski 14. Moving Beyond the Screen: Hollywood and Mexican American Stereotypes Fernando Delgado Part III. Mass Media and Conflicts 15. O. J. Live: Raced Ways of Seeing Innocence and Guilt Darnell Montez Hunt 16. Mass-Mediated Realities and the Persian Gulf War: Inventing the Arab Enemy Marouf Hasian, Jr. 17. Who's the Victim? Intercultural Perceptions Between African American and Korean American Business People in Dallas Meta G. Carstarphen and Tae Guk Kim 18. Reporting Hantavirus: The Impact of Cultural Diversity in Environmental and Health News JoAnn M. Valenti Part IV. Mass Media and Education 19. The (Mis)Representation of Ethnicity and the Omission of Racism in K-12 Cultural Diversity Curriculum Christy Hammer 20. Representing Arabs: Reliance on the Past Greta D. Little 21. Using C-SPAN to Evaluate Sensitivity Toward Cultural Diversity: The Case of Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential Campaign Jim Schnell 22. Distortion of "Islam" and "Muslims" in American Academic Discourse: Some Observations on the Sociology of Vested Enmity Bud B. Khleif Selected Bibliography About the Editors About the Contributors Index