{"id":6907,"date":"2010-11-22T10:13:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T18:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csws.uoregon.edu\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2013-12-03T12:17:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:17:55","slug":"a-new-book-by-debra-merskin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/a-new-book-by-debra-merskin\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Minorities, and Meaning: A Critical Introduction\u2014Debra Merskin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em>Media, Minorities, and Meaning: A Critical Introduction <\/em><\/h5>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6909\" href=\"http:\/\/csws.uoregon.edu\/?attachment_id=6909\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6909\" title=\"Merskin-book-cover_\" src=\"http:\/\/csws.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Merskin-book-cover_.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Merskin-book-cover_.gif 198w, https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Merskin-book-cover_-99x150.gif 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>Merskin, D. (2010), New York: Peter Lang.<br \/>\nISBN 978-1-4331-1140-2 pb.<br \/>\nUS-$ 49.95<br \/>\nOrder online: www.peterlang.com<\/p>\n<p>Debra L. Merskin is associate professor of Communication Studies in the School of Journalism &amp; Communication at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher\u2019s book synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book is an examination of how American mass media, including advertising, presents Otherness\u2014anyone or anything constructed as different from an established norm\u2014in terms of gender, race, sex, disabilities, and other markers of difference. <!--more-->Using a mythological lens, the book looks below the surface of media content to explore the psychological, social, and economic underpinnings of a system of beliefs that result in prejudice, discrimination, and oppression. Designed to raise awareness of the foundations of historically-based inequities in the American social, cultural, and economic milieu, the author shows how inequalities are maintained, at least in part, by mass media, popular culture, and advertising representations of Otherness. The book aims to increase awareness of stereotyping in the media, and expose how the construction of people as Others contributes to their marginalization. Written in an accessible and engaging style, with student-friendly discussion questions and resources, this book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media, Minorities, and Meaning: A Critical Introduction Merskin, D. (2010), New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4331-1140-2 pb. US-$ 49.95 Order online: www.peterlang.com Debra L. Merskin is associate professor of Communication Studies in the School of Journalism &amp; Communication at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/a-new-book-by-debra-merskin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17966,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions\/17966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}