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Mediated Racism and Democracy in Canada: Interrogating the News Industry, Political Systems, and Public Discourses book cover

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Mediated Racism and Democracy in Canada Interrogating the News Industry, Political Systems, and Public Discourses

By Ahmed Al-Rawi Copyright 2026
142 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Based on studying political systems and the news industry, this book examines the tension between the hierarchical configurations of racial discrimination and the ideals of equality found in Western democracy to explore how and why the reality of racism persists in modern-day democratic societies. Taking Canada as a case study of a multicultural society, it uses a mixed methods approach to... Read more

Introduction

Ahmed Al-Rawi

1. Theoretical framework

Ahmed Al-Rawi and Devan Prithipaul

2. Racialized Politicians’ Views of Democracy and Racism in Canada

Ahmed Al-Rawi and Betty Ackah

3. Racism and Democracy Debates in the Canadian House of Commons

Ahmed Al-Rawi and Kelly Grounds

4. Hyper visibility and invisibility: Examining the work of racialized Canadian journalists on democracy and racism

Ahmed Al-Rawi, Sadia Nasrin, and Devan Prithipaul

5. News coverage of mediated racism and democracy in Canada

Ahmed Al-Rawi and Breanna Blackwell

6. Multimodal networked framing of racism in Canada

Ahmed Al-Rawi and Betty Ackah

Conclusion

Ahmed Al-Rawi

Biography

Ahmed Al-Rawi is Associate Professor of News, Social Media, and Public Communication at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

 

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