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Media Representation
34 published works
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Of DVRs and Double Consciousness
In recent years, shows like Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Empire – all featuring African Americans in prominent roles in front of and behind the cameras –…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Image of the Maghreb In the French Media
Kathryn Kleppinger, George Washington University, has published Maghrebi Crossings: North African Authorship and the Media in France, as an ASA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper. Here is the abstract.Based on research…
Family Law Prof Blog
Worst TV Role Models
By Family Law
A new Huffington Post blog entry,presented by Common Sense Media, lists the 10 worst TV role models for2012. The list consists of manypredictable individuals (Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, Honey…
Media Law Prof Blog
Media Coverage of Immigration
Chris Stephen Haynes presented How Do You Portray Me? Media Coverage of Immigration at the Western Political Science Association 2011 Annual Meeting. Here is the abstract.Immigration has once again become a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Human Rights and Its Representation In the Media
Eric Heinze, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law, has published The Reality and Hyperreality of Human Rights: Public Consciousness and the Mass Media, in Examining Critical Perspectives on…
Media Law Prof Blog
Images of Politicians in the Egyptian Media
Sherif Elgebeily, University of Westminster School of Law, has published David and Goliath: The Polarised Media Portrayal of the Politicians in Egypt. Here is the abstract.President Hosni Mubarak is currently…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
How About a Female “Person of the Year”?
Salon.com: The (female) person of the year, by Kate Harding: Since Time hasn't given a solo woman that honor since 1986, we asked some feminist writers for their picks In…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Lou Dobbs and Latino in America: CNN’s Contrasting Marketing Stategies
Roberto Lovato on the Huffington Post highlights the contradiction of CNN's upcoming series "Latino in America" and Lou Dobb's nightly anti-Latino, anti-immigrant broadcasts on CNN.And it is no answer to say…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Report: “Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News”
As regular readers of this blog well know, we often go after Lou Dobbs et al.'s " news coverage" on immigration. Well check out a report on the topic "Fear…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Representations of Latinos in the Media
An interesting presentation coming up in San Diego:Textual Representations of the Border and Border Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in English Language Newspapers?Ken HenriksenAssistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of…