The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media

A Global Perspective

Contributions by Stephanie Agrestie, Roberta Bracciale, Francisco Sierra Caballero, Martin Caraher, Mike Gasher, James Gibbons, Tommaso Gravante, Steven Harkins, Gyuri Kepes, Archna Kumar, Lauren Longo, Dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Isabella Mingo, Aparna Moitra, Greg M. Nielsen, Louise North, Lucy Obozintsev, Toks Oyedemi, Fay Patel, John Pollock, Alice Poma, Hannah Salamone, Jan Servaes, Kaan Taşbaşı, Amanda Weightman, Rebecca Wells Edited by Jan Servaes, Toks Oyedemi

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Publication date:

03 August 2016

Length of book:

294 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498523479

The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective provides a global analysis of the intersection of social inequalities, media, and communication. This volume contains chapters by an international array of scholars and provides case studies from various countries with critical empirical analysis of social inequalities and how they shape media narratives and experiences. The topics examined here include poverty in the media in Britain and Turkey, technology and inequality in Italy and Bangladesh, gender, inequality, and empowerment in India, Mexico, and Australia, and cross national analysis of rape culture, among others.

Introduction: From Theory to Praxis: Social Inequality and Its Consequences, Toks Oyedemi and Jan Servaes
List of Abbreviations

Part I: Poverty and the Media
Chapter 1: All People Are Equal, but Some People Are More Equal than Others: How and Why Inequality Became Invisible in the British Press, Steven Harkins and Jairo Lugo-Ocando
Chapter 2: Dialogic Journalism: Bringing Marginalized Communities into the Implied Audience, Greg Nielsen, James Gibbons, Amanda Weightman, and Mike Gasher
Chapter 3: Britain's Hidden Hungry? The Portrayal of Food Bank Users in the U.K. National Press, Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher
Chapter 4: The Invisible Hand Begs For "Sadaka": Does the Media Legitimize Poverty via Islamic Alms in Turkey?, Kaan Taşbaşı

Part II: Technology and Inequalities
Chapter 5: Social Inequalities in Digital Skills: The European Framework and the Italian Case, Roberta Bracciale and Isabella Mingo
Chapter 6: Breaching the Divide: "Hole in the Wall" Computer Kiosks for Education and Development in Urban Bangladesh, Guyuri Kepes

Part III: Women, Empowerment, and the Media
Chapter 7: Hill Women's Voices and Community Communication about Climate Change: The Case of Henvalvani Community Radio in India, Aparna Moitra and Archna Kumar
Chapter 8: Citizen Media and Empowerment: An Analysis of Three Experiences of Media Re-Appropriation Carried Out by Women during the Popular Insurrection in Oaxaca, Mexico, Francisco Sierra Caballero, Alice Poma, and Tommaso Gravante

Part IV: Representations of Race, Sexuality, and Gender in the Media
Chapter 9: Harassed, Marginalised, and Childless: Gender Inequality in the Australian News Media: A Feminist Analysis, Louise North
Chapter 10: Cross National Coverage of Rape and Rape Culture: A Community Structure Approach, John C. Pollock, Lucy Obozintsev, Hannah Salamone, Lauren Longo, and Stephanie Agresti
Chapter 11: Multiculturalism as a Disempowering Paradigm: The Canadian Case, Fay Patel

Conclusion: Studying Complex Inequalities, Jan Servaes

This very timely collection argues that social inequality is the ordinary—but often invisible—product of the practice of global capitalism. The contributors critically analyze the news media and how it legitimizes and normalizes the praxis of inequality around the globe. They also identify possibilities for developing more equitable practices in news storytelling and in the distribution of media technologies to those most marginalized by capitalism.