Gender race and class in media: - 3rd ed. - New Delhi: Sage, 2011 - xvi, 672p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From gender issues in Desperate Housewives, to race in Ugly Betty, gender biases in video games, and portrayals of the American family in Extreme Makeover, to analyzes of new genres like fandom and social media - no other book is so successful in engaging students in critical media scholarship. By encouraging students to critically analyze those media they already interact with for pleasure, and by editing the articles, Gail Dines and Jean Humez are able to make sophisticated concepts and theories accessible and interesting to undergraduate students.

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Mass media and culture
Social classes in mass media
Mass media-Social aspects

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