Mass Media and Cultural Identity
Subtitle: Ethnic Reporting in Asia
Contributors: Anura Goonasekera (Editor); Yoichi Ito (Editor)
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780745315621
Subjects: Cultural studies; Ethnic studies; Ethnography; Media Studies; Violence in society; Mass Communication Media And Society; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social Science; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; Discrimination & Racism; ASIA; Ethnic relations; Ethnicity; Mass media and ethnic relation; Mass media and ethnic relations
Description: "This volume is the first in-depth work by local authors to assess the inter-relation between the media, ethnic violence and cultural identity in Asia. Focusing on newspapers and television, the contributors - all eminent scholars in their field - examine the role of communication media in the management of ethnic relations in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka."--BOOK JACKET.