3rd Edition

Cross-Cultural Journalism and Strategic Communication Communicating About Diversity

Edited By Maria Len-Rios, Earnest Perry Copyright 2027
354 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

354 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Built using the renowned, hands-on Missouri Method, this textbook prepares readers to write about and communicate with people of different backgrounds, offering real-world examples of how to practice excellent journalism and strategic communication that takes culture into account. No matter the communication purpose, this book will help readers engage with difference and the concept of fault... Read more

List of Contributors

 

Acknowledgements

 

Preface

 

 

PART I: CONCEPTUAL GROUNDING

Chapter 1 – Conceptual Understanding

Earnest L. Perry Jr. and María E. Len-Ríos

 Chapter 2 – Talking Across Difference

            Keith M. Woods

Chapter 3 – Who’s [U.S.] American?

            Anastasia G. Kononova, Edward Timke and Saleem Alhabash

PART II: APPLICATION

Chapter 4 – Making Class Matter: Journalism and Social Class

            Marina A. Hendricks and Ryan J. Thomas

Chapter 5 – Gender and the Media: Envisioning Equality

            Yong Volz and María E. Len-Ríos

Chapter 6 – Mass Media and the LBGTQ Community

            Gary R. Hicks

Chapter 7 – Missing in Action: Religion in Mass Media Markets and News

            Debra L. Mason

Chapter 8 – Reporting and Strategic Communication Across Borders

            Beverly Horvit and Yulia Medvedeva

Chapter 9 – Immigrants and Immigration: Reporting the New America

            Melita M. Garza

Chapter 10 – Achieving Excellence in Crime Coverage

            Earnest L. Perry Jr.

Chapter 11 – Communicating About Health Inequalities and Disability

            María E. Len-Ríos

Chapter 12 – "Can We Believe What we See?": Visual Communication and Artificial Intelligence

            Gabriel B. Tait and Lisa Krantz

Chapter 13 – Telling—and Erasing—Diverse Stories in Sports Media

            David Welch Suggs Jr. and Monica Crawford

Chapter 14 – Next: Where Do We Go From Here?

            María E. Len-Ríos and Earnest L. Perry Jr.

 

Index

Biography

María E. Len-Ríos is Professor and Interim Director at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, USA. Across her 25-year career, she has researched how journalists and public relations professionals represent and communicate about health, inequality and identity.

Earnest L. Perry Jr. is Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, USA. His research explores the role of the Black Press in the long struggle for civil rights and equality in the United States. He helped develop the cross-cultural journalism course at Missouri, which began in 1998 and was one of the first of its kind in the country.