John D H Downing
Biographic Data
| ID | 1070251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John D H Downing |
| GIVEN NAMES | John D H |
| FAMILY NAME | Downing |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNING J D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Geopolitics” and “the Popular
The article explores the conceptual boundaries of “geopolitics” and “the popular.” Various examples, both historical and contemporary, are drawn upon to illustrate the necessary linkages between these two taxonomies. These examples illustrate four main arteries of the deeply rooted popular culture of fear in the United States and of its public's consequent capacity to be mobilized for war. The argument concludes with some pointers for further res…
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Digitizing Race
This new study of digital representations and ‘race’ by Lisa Nakamura follows upon and takes further a number of the key issues flagged in her earlier collection Race in Cyberspace co-edited with Kolko and Rodman (2000), and her monograph Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity and Identity on the Internet (2002). It also links to a growing number of studies of this key issue, such as the Lee and Wong co-edited volume AsianAmerica.Net: Ethnicity, Nationalism…
The realities of virtual play
Encyclopedia of Radical Media
Includes more than 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media throughout the world in the 20th and 21st centuries
Representing race
The media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and 'race', this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study. This book: Introduces and evaluates key conceptual issues; Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the role of the media; Addresses a number of press…
Representing ‘Race’
No
Communication Research and Political Commitment
Audiences and Readers of Alternative Media
Reasons for the virtual absence of research in this area are proposed, and contrasts between users of conventional media and alternative media audiences suggested, along with a political ethics of listening. Connections between social movements and alternative media uses are discussed, the interplay between political consciousness and alternative media use is examined, and social conditions in which the latter are responded to are explored. Final…
New Communication Research From Canada
Radical Media
PART ONE: CONCEPTS - RADICAL MEDIA INTERSECT MEDIA THEORY Popular Culture, 'Audiences' and Radical Media Power, Hegemony, Resistance Social Movements, the Public Sphere, Networks Community, Democracy, Dialogue and Radical Media Art, Aesthetics, Radical Media, Communication Radical Media Organization Two Models Religion, Ethnicity, the International Dimension Repressive Radical Media PART TWO: RADICAL MEDIA TAPESTRY: COMMUNICATIVE REBELLION IN HIS…
Do “the media” Exist? Russia and East European Broadcasting and National Identity
Hate Speech' and `First Amendment Absolutism' Discourses in the US
This article argues that the First Amendment to the US Constitution, seen inside and outside the USA as a historical high water-mark of discursive freedom, has suffered from an ideological refusal to acknowledge its dangerous implications for the growth of hate speech, whether against people of color or other subordinated groups. This refusal has led in turn to a virtual vacuum in intelligently conceived strategies to combat hate speech. First, i…
Moments of Truth
Journal Article Moments of Truth? Get access John D. H. Downing John D. H. Downing 1University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 48, Issue 2, June 1998, Pages 157–163, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1998.tb02753.x Published: 07 February 2006
Reinventing the Soviet Self
Internationalizing media theory
Media theory has been too narrowly conceptualized within the experiences of British and American scholars. Because the United States and Great Britain are the two countries where most media research has been done, our ideas of what constitutes a media “theory” have been limited by the cultural, political and economic contexts of these nations. But these two countries are far too similar for us to base general media theories on their experiences. …
Worth reading
CyberSociety: Computer‐Mediated Communication and Community. Steven G. Jones (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995. 272 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0–8039–5677–0. Religion, Television, and the Information Superhighway: A Search for a Middle Way (Conference Report). Compiled by Robert Shayon and Nash Cox, Philadelphia: Waymark Press, 226 West Rittenhouse Square, #2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103. LC# 94–60999. Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popula…
Is there an American public
This paper is an exchange of correspondence that debates the empirical and critical usefulness of the construct known as “the American public.” Because that construct is often used in mass media research, but used stipulatively rather than self‐consciously for the most part, its theoretical worthiness is explored here in some detail. By approaching the topic from different vantage points, the authors hope to stimulate further scholarly examinatio…
US Media Discourse on South Africa
This article provides a developmental analysis of discursive treatment of South Africa in two key US news media, Time and Newsweek. In so doing, it investigates the role of media in relation to political memory and public participation in foreign policy-making in the United States. A brief template of `ideal' media discourse on South Africa is set out in the introduction to enable a contrast with actual media output, and then a detailed analysis …
Computers for Political Change
Journal Article Computers for Political Change: PeaceNet and Public Data Access Get access John D. H. Downing John D. H. Downing 1John D. H. Downing is Professor of Communications, Hunter College, City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 1989, Pages 154–162, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1989.tb01049.x Published: 07 February 2…
International Communications and the Second World
There are many forms of communication between the socialist nations, and between them and capitalist countries, such as diplomatic (both conventional and public), party-to-party, scientific and foreign language media services. This article focuses upon the use of media technologies in international communication. It examines (a) TV programme exchange practices and policies; (b) the role of the Intersputnik international satellite organization; (c…
Trouble in the Backyard
A qualitative analysis of Soviet media coverage of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1986 shows that several familiar themes, from unpopular guerrillas to national security, are used to justify the Soviet presence in Afghanistan—and a comparison of U.S. coverage of El Salvador, from secondary sources, throws up some intriguing parallels
Computer-Mediated Communication Systems
Internationalizing media theory
Media theory has been too narrowly conceptualized within the experiences of British and American scholars. Because the United States and Great Britain are the two countries where most media research has been done, our ideas of what constitutes a media “theory” have been limited by the cultural, political and economic contexts of these nations. But these two countries are far too similar for us to base general media theories on their experiences. …
The realities of virtual play
Audiences and Readers of Alternative Media
Reasons for the virtual absence of research in this area are proposed, and contrasts between users of conventional media and alternative media audiences suggested, along with a political ethics of listening. Connections between social movements and alternative media uses are discussed, the interplay between political consciousness and alternative media use is examined, and social conditions in which the latter are responded to are explored. Final…
Geopolitics” and “the Popular
The article explores the conceptual boundaries of “geopolitics” and “the popular.” Various examples, both historical and contemporary, are drawn upon to illustrate the necessary linkages between these two taxonomies. These examples illustrate four main arteries of the deeply rooted popular culture of fear in the United States and of its public's consequent capacity to be mobilized for war. The argument concludes with some pointers for further res…
Hate Speech' and `First Amendment Absolutism' Discourses in the US
This article argues that the First Amendment to the US Constitution, seen inside and outside the USA as a historical high water-mark of discursive freedom, has suffered from an ideological refusal to acknowledge its dangerous implications for the growth of hate speech, whether against people of color or other subordinated groups. This refusal has led in turn to a virtual vacuum in intelligently conceived strategies to combat hate speech. First, i…
Trouble in the Backyard
A qualitative analysis of Soviet media coverage of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1986 shows that several familiar themes, from unpopular guerrillas to national security, are used to justify the Soviet presence in Afghanistan—and a comparison of U.S. coverage of El Salvador, from secondary sources, throws up some intriguing parallels
US Media Discourse on South Africa
This article provides a developmental analysis of discursive treatment of South Africa in two key US news media, Time and Newsweek. In so doing, it investigates the role of media in relation to political memory and public participation in foreign policy-making in the United States. A brief template of `ideal' media discourse on South Africa is set out in the introduction to enable a contrast with actual media output, and then a detailed analysis …
Computer-Mediated Communication Systems
Trouble in the Backyard
A qualitative analysis of Soviet media coverage of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1986 shows that several familiar themes, from unpopular guerrillas to national security, are used to justify the Soviet presence in Afghanistan—and a comparison of U.S. coverage of El Salvador, from secondary sources, throws up some intriguing parallels
Computers for Political Change
Journal Article Computers for Political Change: PeaceNet and Public Data Access Get access John D. H. Downing John D. H. Downing 1John D. H. Downing is Professor of Communications, Hunter College, City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 1989, Pages 154–162, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1989.tb01049.x Published: 07 February 2…
International Communications and the Second World
There are many forms of communication between the socialist nations, and between them and capitalist countries, such as diplomatic (both conventional and public), party-to-party, scientific and foreign language media services. This article focuses upon the use of media technologies in international communication. It examines (a) TV programme exchange practices and policies; (b) the role of the Intersputnik international satellite organization; (c…
US Media Discourse on South Africa
This article provides a developmental analysis of discursive treatment of South Africa in two key US news media, Time and Newsweek. In so doing, it investigates the role of media in relation to political memory and public participation in foreign policy-making in the United States. A brief template of `ideal' media discourse on South Africa is set out in the introduction to enable a contrast with actual media output, and then a detailed analysis …
Is there an American public
This paper is an exchange of correspondence that debates the empirical and critical usefulness of the construct known as “the American public.” Because that construct is often used in mass media research, but used stipulatively rather than self‐consciously for the most part, its theoretical worthiness is explored here in some detail. By approaching the topic from different vantage points, the authors hope to stimulate further scholarly examinatio…
Worth reading
CyberSociety: Computer‐Mediated Communication and Community. Steven G. Jones (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995. 272 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0–8039–5677–0. Religion, Television, and the Information Superhighway: A Search for a Middle Way (Conference Report). Compiled by Robert Shayon and Nash Cox, Philadelphia: Waymark Press, 226 West Rittenhouse Square, #2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103. LC# 94–60999. Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popula…
Internationalizing media theory
Media theory has been too narrowly conceptualized within the experiences of British and American scholars. Because the United States and Great Britain are the two countries where most media research has been done, our ideas of what constitutes a media “theory” have been limited by the cultural, political and economic contexts of these nations. But these two countries are far too similar for us to base general media theories on their experiences. …
Reinventing the Soviet Self
Moments of Truth
Journal Article Moments of Truth? Get access John D. H. Downing John D. H. Downing 1University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 48, Issue 2, June 1998, Pages 157–163, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1998.tb02753.x Published: 07 February 2006
Hate Speech' and `First Amendment Absolutism' Discourses in the US
This article argues that the First Amendment to the US Constitution, seen inside and outside the USA as a historical high water-mark of discursive freedom, has suffered from an ideological refusal to acknowledge its dangerous implications for the growth of hate speech, whether against people of color or other subordinated groups. This refusal has led in turn to a virtual vacuum in intelligently conceived strategies to combat hate speech. First, i…
Do “the media” Exist? Russia and East European Broadcasting and National Identity
Radical Media
PART ONE: CONCEPTS - RADICAL MEDIA INTERSECT MEDIA THEORY Popular Culture, 'Audiences' and Radical Media Power, Hegemony, Resistance Social Movements, the Public Sphere, Networks Community, Democracy, Dialogue and Radical Media Art, Aesthetics, Radical Media, Communication Radical Media Organization Two Models Religion, Ethnicity, the International Dimension Repressive Radical Media PART TWO: RADICAL MEDIA TAPESTRY: COMMUNICATIVE REBELLION IN HIS…
New Communication Research From Canada
Audiences and Readers of Alternative Media
Reasons for the virtual absence of research in this area are proposed, and contrasts between users of conventional media and alternative media audiences suggested, along with a political ethics of listening. Connections between social movements and alternative media uses are discussed, the interplay between political consciousness and alternative media use is examined, and social conditions in which the latter are responded to are explored. Final…
Representing race
The media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and 'race', this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study. This book: Introduces and evaluates key conceptual issues; Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the role of the media; Addresses a number of press…
Representing ‘Race’
No
Communication Research and Political Commitment
The realities of virtual play
Encyclopedia of Radical Media
Includes more than 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media throughout the world in the 20th and 21st centuries
Digitizing Race
This new study of digital representations and ‘race’ by Lisa Nakamura follows upon and takes further a number of the key issues flagged in her earlier collection Race in Cyberspace co-edited with Kolko and Rodman (2000), and her monograph Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity and Identity on the Internet (2002). It also links to a growing number of studies of this key issue, such as the Lee and Wong co-edited volume AsianAmerica.Net: Ethnicity, Nationalism…
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Geopolitics” and “the Popular
The article explores the conceptual boundaries of “geopolitics” and “the popular.” Various examples, both historical and contemporary, are drawn upon to illustrate the necessary linkages between these two taxonomies. These examples illustrate four main arteries of the deeply rooted popular culture of fear in the United States and of its public's consequent capacity to be mobilized for war. The argument concludes with some pointers for further res…
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