As a complement to the scholarship
developed through the conference, we have prepared an annotated
bibliography of relevant publications and videos to date that focus
on issues of racial diversity in the media. It is designed to be a
continually growing, interdisciplinary, and searchable
database.
This bibliography includes material
examining the advertising industry, news media (print, broadcast,
and cable), and entertainment media (radio, television, and cable),
but excludes films and fiction and nonfiction books. The
bibliography also covers access to and use of the Internet (the
so-called Digital Divide) as it relates to race. The materials in
this bibliography examine both the portrayals and the portrayers
– how various ethnic groups are reported in the news, as well
as the ethnic diversity of both owners and journalists at news
outlets. To support the conference dialogue, we searched the
literature of many disciplines: economics, law, journalism, media
studies, communication, cultural studies, political science, and
social science.
To make the bibliography
comprehensive, relevant, yet manageable, certain limits were set.
In general, only material published in the United Stated during the
last 10 years is included. Exceptions to this limit are made for
seminal material (such as Kerner Commission Report) and a few,
highly relevant foreign publications. Newspaper articles are NOT
included; however, material accessible on the Internet is. Our
basic criteria are that items be identifiable, obtainable, and
current so as to provide a basis for continuing dialogue and future
policy.
Begin searching the Race and Media Diversity
Database.