Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media
Images That Injure provides an examination of a particular set of pictures that do harm to others,and in turn to all of us. These images—media-promulgated stereotypes of various and diverse groups of people—cause harm in both direct and indirect ways by presenting oversimplified, mostly negative, and often deceptive depictions. In this collection of new and revised essays, noted scholars explore the ways in which these images are created, viewed, and ultimately ingrained into the American...
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Offers a critical view of media stereotypes of diverse cultural groups, including ethnic, racial, and gender-related imagery. Booknews Experts in communication, visual communication, and graphics analyze images that present various stereotypes, looking at the impacts of such images on individuals and society and the motivations of those who made the images. Topics include media methods that lead to stereotypes; newspaper stereotypes of African Americans; images of men in advertising; and images of teachers in network television. Contains b&w photos. For students and professionals in media, journalism, and communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordImages That Injure: An Introduction1IA General Overview1Moral Responsibilities and the Power of Pictures72Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination153Media Methods That Lead to Stereotypes234Unconscious, Ubiquitous Frames295Images That Heal35IIStereotypes from September 11, 20016Visual Symbolism and Stereotypes in the Wake of 9/11437Terrorists We Like and Terrorists We Don't Like518Unequal Combatants on an Uneven Media Battlefield: Palestine and Israel579Post-9/11 Discrimination against Arabs and Muslims6510Arabs and Arab Americans: Ancient Middle East Conflicts Hit Home75IIIEthnic Stereotypes11Media Stereotypes of African Americans8712Ethnic Stereotpyes: Hispanics and Mexican Americans9313Exotics, Erotic, and Coconuts: Stereotypes of Pacific Islanders10314Native American Stereotypes11315Jewish Images That Injure12116Images of Irish Americans: Invisible, Inebriated, or Irascible131IVGender Stereotypes17Women as Sex Partners14118We've Come a Long Way Maybe: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Women in Super Bowl Commercials from 1989 to 2002149VAge Stereotypes19The Child as Image: Media Stereotypes of Children15920Growing Old in Commercials: Not Always a Laughing Matter167VIPhysical Stereotypes21The Invisible Cultural Group: Images of Disability17522The Blind in the Media: A Vision of Stereotypes in Action185VIISexual Orientation Stereotypes23Recapturing the Archetype: An Inclusive Vision of Sexuality and Gender19724The Avocado and the Asparagus: Searching for Masculine and Feminine Archetypes within the Stereotyping Theater of Sexualized Mediatypes207VIIIMiscellaneous Stereotypes25Drawing Blood: Images, Stereotypes, and the Political Cartoon22326Transformation of a Stereotype: Geeks, Nerds, Whiz Kids, and Hackers23327Stereotyping of Media Personnel241IXConclusion28Common Ground and Future Hopes251Notes and References261Bibliography285Index307About the Contributors317
\ BooknewsExperts in communication, visual communication, and graphics analyze images that present various stereotypes, looking at the impacts of such images on individuals and society and the motivations of those who made the images. Topics include media methods that lead to stereotypes; newspaper stereotypes of African Americans; images of men in advertising; and images of teachers in network television. Contains b&w photos. For students and professionals in media, journalism, and communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
