Race-baiter : how the media wields dangerous words to divide a nation / Eric Deggans.

"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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Deggans, Eric
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. New York : 2012.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Journalism > Social aspects > United States. Prejudices in the press > United States. Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States. Television and politics > United States. Journalism > Objectivity > United States. Prejudices in mass media > United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
Physical Description:	xi, 275 pages ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

1. Fox News Channel vs. MSNBC : downgrading all journalism in the race to win a political fight
2. Information wars : how partisan media manipulate facts to get your attention
3. Fox News Channel's focus on scary black people leaves race relations as collateral damage
4. Chasing Obama, Newt, Bachmann, and Palin : the pitfalls of race and gender in political coverage
5. From supernegroes to BFFs : why network tv still often stars white America
6. How news media became a haven for middle-aged white guys (and a few women)
7. Hate radio : why talk radio may not be a haven for angry white guys much longer
8. From Flavor Flav to All-American Muslim : searching past the stereotypes in "Reality TV"
9. The Katrina Effect : how lax poverty coverage helps politicians demonize the poor
10. Talking across difference : resisting propaganda while integrating our lives and media.