Media Representations of Race and Ethnicity – Implications for Identity, Intergroup Relations, and Public Policy

<p>INTRODUCTION<br />Why the Media s Role in Issues of Race and Ethnicity Should be in the Spotlight<br />Dana Mastro&nbsp; 1</p>
<p>SECTION I: MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF RACE &amp; ETHNICITY<br />Documenting Portrayals of Race/Ethnicity on Primetime Television over a 20–Year Span and Their Association with National–Level Racial/Ethnic Attitudes<br />Riva Tukachinsky, Dana Mastro, and Moran Yarchi&nbsp; 17</p>
<p>SECTION II: SELF AND IDENTITY<br /> Frozen in Time : The Impact of Native American Media Representations on Identity and Self–Understanding&nbsp;<br />Peter A. Leavitt, Rebecca Covarrubias, Yvonne A. Perez, and Stephanie A. Fryberg&nbsp; 39<br /><br />Social Identity Threat in Response to Stereotypic Film Portrayals: Effects on Self–Conscious Emotion and Implicit<br />Ingroup Attitudes<br />Toni Schmader, Katharina Block, and Brian Lickel&nbsp; 54<br /><br />Ethnolinguistic Identification, Vitality, and Gratifications for Television Use in a Bilingual Media Environment&nbsp;<br />Jake Harwood and Laszlo Vincze&nbsp; 73</p>
<p>SECTION III: INTERGROUP RELATIONS<br />Latinos Perceptions of Intergroup Relations in the United States: The Cultivation of Group–Based Attitudes and<br />Beliefs from English– and Spanish–Language Television&nbsp;<br />Michelle Ortiz and Elizabeth Behm–Morawitz&nbsp; 90<br /><br />Media–Induced Elevation as a Means of Enhancing Feelings of Intergroup Connectedness<br />Mary Beth Oliver, Keunyeong Kim, Jennifer Hoewe, Mun–Young Chung, Erin Ash, Julia K. Woolley, and Drew D. Shade&nbsp; 106<br /><br />Using Celebrity News Stories to Effectively Reduce Racial/Ethnic Prejudice<br />Srividya Ramasubramanian&nbsp; 123</p>
<p>SECTION IV: PUBLIC POLICY<br />Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in the Digital Era: Shifting Discourses in Communications Public Policy<br />Mari Castaneda, Martha Fuentes–Bautista, and Felicitas Baruch&nbsp; 138<br /><br />Viewer Ethnicity Matters: Black Crime in TV News and Its Impact on Decisions Regarding Public Policy<br />Ryan J. Hurley, Jakob (Jake) Jensen, Andrew Weaver, and Travis Dixon&nbsp; 154<br /><br />Intervening in the Media s Influence on Stereotypes of Race and Ethnicity: The Role of Media Literacy Education<br />Erica Scharrer and Srividya Ramasubramanian&nbsp; 170</p>
<p>SECTION V: CONCLUSION<br />Where We Have Been and Where We Can Go From Here: Looking to the Future in Research on Media, Race, and Ethnicit<br />Riva Txukachinsky&nbsp; 185</p>
<p>SECTION VI: 2012 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS<br />Introduction to Maureen O Connor s SPSSI Presidential Address<br />James S. Jackson&nbsp; 199<br /><br />Embodied Social Justice: Warm Tea, Flexed Muscles, and Enacting SPSSI s Mission 2012 SPSSI Presidential Address<br />Maureen O Connor&nbsp; 202</p>