John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society
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'Race' and Ethnicity: Definitions and Issues Research on Racism, Ethnicity and Media Racism and the Media of the Extreme Right Violence, 'Race' and Media: Comparative Perspectives The Distinctive Challenge of Indigeneity Media Monitoring and Codes of Practice Pressurizing the Media Industry: Achievements and Limitations Communities of Practice and the Cultures of Media Production The Multi-Ethnic Public Sphere and Differentiated Citizenship
Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband|s work is likely to become the key text in the field. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation. Professor Daya K. Thussu University of Westminster, UK "It succeeds on all levels as a key text in exploring the issues of depiction of race and ethnicity in media and the combating of mediated racism." -COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS -- Patrick L. Stearns * Communication Research Trends *