1st Edition
American Otherness in Journalism News Media Representations of Identity and Belonging
Acknowledgements
Introduction: American Otherness and the Un-melted Pot
Part I: Threat Assessment
Chapter 1: The Indeterminate Others
John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the Beltway Snipers
Chapter 2: Citizen Other
The Binghamton Immigrant Services Center Shooting and the ‘Foreign’ Asian Perpetrator
Chapter 3: The Other in Sheep’s Clothing
The Times Square Bomber and the ‘Homegrown’ Terrorist
Part II: Earned Americanness
Chapter 4: The Exemplary Others
Dream Act Exemplars and Latine Immigrants
Chapter 5: President Other
Barack Obama, the ‘Birther’ Debate, and the Killing of Osama bin Laden
Chapter 6: The Posthumous Other
Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter
Part III: American Hate and Protest in the Post-Truth Era
Chapter 7: The Other Shades of White
Protesters and Counterprotesters at Charlottesville’s Unite the Right
Chapter 8: The Other Patriot
Colin Kaepernick and the NFL Anthem Protests
Chapter 9: The Other Victims
Asian American Immigrant Victims of the Atlanta Spa Shootings
Conclusion: Two Reckonings, Five Ways Forward
Appendix A: Methodology
Index
Biography
Angie Chuang is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information, USA, and a former staff writer at several U.S. daily newspapers.
“American Otherness in Journalism is a must-read for anyone questioning news coverage of an increasingly diverse society. It offers new approaches to understanding how media can reinforce or redefine ‘Otherness’ when covering diverse and marginalized groups.”
Félix F. Gutiérrez, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
