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Communication and Prejudice: Theories, Effects, and Interventions

Alexis Tan

Communication and Prejudice: Theories, Effects, and Interventions explores how communication affects prejudice, and how communication interventions can reduce it. The book gives readers a well-rounded understanding of theories and current research on the topic, sustained with real-world examples that bring concepts and principles to life.

The book presents students with a thoughtful, accessibly written, cohesive view of issues related to communication and prejudice from a true social science perspective. Topics include levels of communication, defining and measuring prejudice, stereotypes in the media and public information, mass media, and education programs. Dedicated chapters address stereotypes and prejudice in video games, social media and cyberbullying, and digital information literacy.

The third edition features new chapters and sections on racial bias in politics and education, hate in social media, fake news, and racial cues in presidential politics.

Communication and Prejudice addresses prejudice as a world-wide problem and explores communication interventions at the intra-, inter- and mass communication levels of analysis. It is ideal for undergraduate courses in journalism, mass communication, race and gender in media, and communications.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
  • Publish Date: Aug 4th, 2020
  • Pages: 278
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 11.00in - 8.50in - 0.58in - 1.43lb
  • EAN: 9781793512130
  • Categories: • Sociology - General

About the Author

Tan, Alexis: - "Alexis Tan holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor of communication, the inaugural university faculty diversity fellow, and the founding director of the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication (1990 - 2006) at Washington State University. The recipient of a Senior Fulbright Award, Dr. Tan has lectured and done research in over 20 countries. He has written over 60 journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of Mass Communication Theories and Research; The Intercultural Communication Guidebook: Research-based Strategies for Successful Interactions; Global Communication and Media Research; Who Is Racist? Why Racism Matters (2021); and Forgotten Women: Muslim Women Stereotypes, Media Primes and Consequences (with Anastasia Vishnevskaya, 2021)."