Racism, postracialism and why media matter

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ID2148405
AutoresMyria Georgiou (0000-0001-8771-8469, Department of Media and Communications, LSE, London, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume43
Fascículo13
Páginas2379-2385
Data de publicação2020-10-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2020.1784450
OpenAlexW3068677723
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas8

Racism has become both ubiquitous and unrecognizable, precisely as its meanings are subjected to the never-ending debates on social media and mass media. In fact, racism is increasingly debated through media events (such as in the case of the Charlie Hebdo), but also ordinarily defined and denied in everyday life (such as in the case of the casual racism in everyday social media communication). This article responds to Titley's [2019. Racism and media. London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage] argument that racism is defined through its constant evaluation and contestation in mediated communication - through its debatability (ibid.). In engaging with Titley's thesis, the article sets forward a three-step argument on the need to systematically study media in the context of ethnic and racial studies: as argued, media are increasingly influential systems of power and knowledge that matter to politics (through representation), institutions (through bordering), and public culture (through recognition

Argument (complex analysis · Casual · Context (archaeology · Mass media · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Racism · Representation (politics · Social media · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics