Skip to main content
Media Stereotypes: From Ageism to Xenophobia

Media Stereotypes: From Ageism to Xenophobia

Current price: $137.45
This product is not returnable.
Publication Date: September 30th, 2020
Publisher:
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
ISBN:
9781433166679
Pages:
296

Description

Utilizing a cast of top American scholars with deep roots in asking stereotype-based questions, this book is essential reading for those wishing to understand what we know about past and present media representations as well as those wishing to take the baton and continue to advance media stereotyping research in the future.

About the Author

Andrew C. Billings (Ph.D., Indiana University) is the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters along with 20 book projects, the majority of which pertain to issues of media content and effects. Scott Parrott (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is an associate professor and Phifer Fellow in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama. His research examines media stereotypes, focusing on the stigmatization of mental illness.