US Media and Diversity Representation, Dissemination, and Effects

Series Editor’s Foreword                                                                                                                                                   

HAIGH, M.M.                                                                                                      

Foreword- US Media and Diversity: Representation, Dissemination, and Effects                                                                     

DIXON, T. 

Section 1: Identity and Media

1. Influencing Others through Race-Related Expression: An Examination of Black, Latina, and White Female Celebrities’ Social Media Posts                                                                                                                                                       

MOLINA-ROGERS, N. & MASTRO, D. 

2. Making the Model: How News Media Perpetuate Harmful Model Minority Stereotypes of Asian Americans             

JOSEY, C., CEN, X., & RILES, J.

3. Streaming While Black: An Exploration of Black Streaming Subscribers’ Perceptions of “Black Voices” Content and its Relationship with Racial Identification and Perceived Vitality                                                                                 

SANDERS, M.

4. Psychological Distress, Addiction, and Unique Ties to Blackness: An Overview of Representations Highlighting the Intersection of Race and Mental Health                                                                                                                           

RILES, J., OLAJIRE, A., & JOSEY, C.

Section 2: Interrogating News Content and Effects of Exposure

5. The Portrayal of Black Family Social Instability: A Content Analysis of Family and Race across Traditional and New Media Sources                                                                                                                                                             

WEEKS, K., DIXON, T., BUTKOWSKI, C., SMITH, M., BENEVENTO, S., ROLLINS, D., & TOLBERT, A.

6. Dehumanizing Black Children and Treating them Like Adults: Ingroup Favoritism and Outgroup Derogation in Evaluating Children Criminal Suspects in News Stories                                                                                                                     

APPIAH, O. & HOLT, L. 

7. Disentangling Latinos and Immigrants: The Role of Shame and Anger in Response to Group-Threatening News Coverage                                                                                                                                                                     

FIGUEROA-CABALLERO, A., SMITH, B., & MASTRO, D.

Section 3: Re-envisioning Media Models and Paradigms

8. Digital Deconstructions and Research Reconsiderations: A Critical Media Effects Approach to Race in Digital Spaces   

BANJO, O., CORSBIE-MASSAY, C., TORNER, E., RAMASUBRAMANIAN, S., & TAYLOR, R.

9. “Abbott Elementary” and the Resilient Black Girl Dork: Reimaging Black Womanhood                                           

CUPID, S., HARRIS, T., WINFIELD, A., HARRIS, R., & BUTLER, D. 

10. Black Audiences’ Digital Media Use and Favorable Outcomes                                                                                     

STAMPS, D.

11. Mediated Counter-Narratives: A Framework for Studying Media Stereotyping and the Reclaiming of Stories by Marginalized Groups                                                                                                                                                             

BEHM-MORAWITZ, E. & VALERIUS, D.

Biography

Travis L. Dixon (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is the David L. Swanson Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Dixon is a media effects scholar specializing in investigating the prevalence of stereotypes in the mass media and the impact of stereotypical imagery on audience members.

Dana Mastro (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently serving as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel. Her research documents representations of ethnic/racial groups in the media and examines the effects of exposure to these depictions on perceptions of self as well as interethnic/interracial dynamics in society and policy decision-making.