The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media
A Global Perspective
Contributions by Stephanie Agrestie, Roberta Bracciale, Francisco Sierra Caballero, Martin Caraher, Mike Gasher, James Gibbons, Tommaso Gravante, Steven Harkins, Gyuri Kepes, Archna Kumar, Lauren Longo, Dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Isabella Mingo, Aparna Moitra, Greg M. Nielsen, Louise North, Lucy Obozintsev, Toks Oyedemi, Fay Patel, John Pollock, Alice Poma, Hannah Salamone, Jan Servaes, Kaan Taşbaşı, Amanda Weightman, Rebecca Wells Edited by Jan Servaes, Toks Oyedemi
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Publication date:
03 August 2016Length of book:
294 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498523479
The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective provides a global analysis of the intersection of social inequalities, media, and communication. This volume contains chapters by an international array of scholars and provides case studies from various countries with critical empirical analysis of social inequalities and how they shape media narratives and experiences. The topics examined here include poverty in the media in Britain and Turkey, technology and inequality in Italy and Bangladesh, gender, inequality, and empowerment in India, Mexico, and Australia, and cross national analysis of rape culture, among others.
This very timely collection argues that social inequality is the ordinary—but often invisible—product of the practice of global capitalism. The contributors critically analyze the news media and how it legitimizes and normalizes the praxis of inequality around the globe. They also identify possibilities for developing more equitable practices in news storytelling and in the distribution of media technologies to those most marginalized by capitalism.