African American women in the news : gender, race, and class in journalism /

African American Women in the News offers the first in-depth examination of the varied representations of black women in American journalism, from analyses of coverage of domestic abuse and "crack mothers" to exploration of new media coverage of Michelle Obama on Youtube. Marian Meyers int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meyers, Marian, 1954-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:	Blacks in television broadcasting > United States. Women in television broadcasting > United States. African American women journalists. Blacks on television. Journalism > United States > History. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.

Table of Contents:

The missing Black woman in the news: an introduction
African American women in local TV news
CNN and FOX News: African American women in cable network news
'Tubing with Michelle Obama
Juanita Bynum in Black and white (News)
Violence against African American women in local news: Freaknik as a case study
Crack moms and the narrative of paternalistic racism
Finding African American women in the news: a conclusion.