This expanded collection of new and fully revised explorations of media content identifies the ways we all have been negatively stereotyped and demonstrates how careful analysis of media portrayals can create more beneficial alternatives.
• 33 distinguished authors as well as new voices in the field combine their extensive and varied expertise to explain the social effects of media stereotyping.
• Includes historical and contemporary illustrations that range from editorial cartoons to the sinking of the Titanic
• Richly illustrated with historical and up-to-date photographic illustrations
• Every chapter's content is meticulously supported with numerous sources cited
• A glossary defines key words mentioned in the chapters