Category: Communications/Media Studies

  • Cultural Reconstruction: Nation, Race, and the Invention of the American Magazine, 1830-1915 University of Maryland 2003-12-19 504 pages Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, Assistant Professor of History New Paltz, State University of New York Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree…

  • The Mixed-race MilkBite™ Brad’s Blog: musings on sociology, religion, higher ed, and whatever else is going on in my life 2012-04-16 Bradley Koch, Assistant Professor of Sociology Georgia College & State University Here are a few commercials for the new MilkBite™ from Kraft. They play on stereotypes about mixed-race individuals. There are other spots on…

  • Defining Mixed Race on Television: an Analysis of Barack Obama and Saturday Night Live California State University, Sacramento Fall 2011 109 pages Amanda Joy Davis THESIS Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in COMMUNICATION STUDIES This study uses a semiotic approach to textual analysis to examine social…

  • The Case for Cablinasian: Multiracial Naming From Plessy to Tiger Woods Communication Theory Volume 22, Issue 1 (February 2012) pages 92–111 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2011.01399.x LeiLani Nishime, Assistant Professor of Communication University of Washington, Seattle This article advocates for the interdisciplinary use of critical race theory and critical rhetorical theory in communication to analyze racialized language and…

  • The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign SUNY Press September 2010 300 pages Hardcover ISBN10: 1-4384-3659-9; ISBN13: 978-1-4384-3659-3 eBook SBN10: 1-4384-3661-0; ISBN13: 978-1-4384-3661-6 Edited by: Heather E. Harris, Associate Professor of Business Communication Stevenson University, Stevenson, Maryland Kimberly R. Moffitt, Assistant Professor of American Studies University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catherine R. Squires,…

  • Performativity and the Latina/o-white hybrid identity: performing the textual self University of South Florida 2005 192 pages Shane T. Moreman, Associate Professor of Communications California State University, Fresno A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Communication College of Arts and Sciences This study is…

  • “Obama and the Biracial Factor” is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election.

  • RTF 386 – Beyond Binaries: Mixed Race Representation and Critical Theory University of Texas, Austin Spring 2012 Mary Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies This graduate seminar surveys historical and critical and cultural studies scholarship on the evolution of mixed race in U.S. film and media culture. American histories, cultures, and identities have traditionally been…

  • Claudia Unterweger – Austria’s first black News presenter Afro-Europe: International Blog 2012-02-18 ©ORF (Ali Schafler) Claudia Unterweger (39) is the first black TV News presenter in Austria. She was born to an African-American father and an Austrian mother. Since February 2011 she is one of the News presenters of “Zib-flash”, a program of the Austrian…

  • Making Güeras: Selling white identities on late-night Mexican television Gender, Place and Culture Volume 12, Number 1 (March 2005) pages 71–93 DOI: 10.1080/09663690500082984 Jamie Winders, Associate Professor of Geography Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York John Paul Jones III, Professor of Geography and Development University of Arizona, Tucson Michael James Higgins (1946-2011), Professor Emeritus of Anthropology…