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OverviewAn outstanding, comprehensive study about press coverage of black Americans during the 1960s and 1970s. In clear, polished writing style, Martindale analyzes past press coverage deficiencies, points out specific ways that coverage did or did not improve after the civil rights movement, and suggests ways by which journalists can improve coverage of black Americans. Choice [Martindale's] meaninfgul reflections make history come alive and set forth a perspective for present and future media personnel. Media Development Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carolyn MartindalePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Volume: no. 97 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.429kg ISBN: 9780313251030ISBN 10: 0313251037 Pages: 215 Publication Date: 25 June 1986 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews?An outstanding, comprehensive study about press coverage of black Americans during the 1960s and 1970s. In clear, polished writing style, Martindale analyzes past press coverage deficiencies, points out specific ways that coverage did or did not improve after the civil rights movement, and suggests ways by which journalists can improve coverage of black Americans. She draws upon a nine-page bibliography of major important conference reports, scholarly studies, journal articles, and her own empirical research. An extensive seven-page index provides easy accessibility to material and sources. Martindale formerly worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, has graduate degrees in journalism, and is published in Journalism Quarterly, College Media Review, and Educational Record. This book is of particular value to upper-level undergraduate students in journalism and communication, to journalism faculty, and to professional journalists. The book fills an important historial and research gap in the literature about journalistic practices when reporting minority issues and events.?-Choice The most surprising finding of this study, according to Martindale, is that the American press has continued to make substantial progress in providing more coverage, and generally less stereotypical coverage, of black life in this country. That's the good news. The bad: Since American society remains largely segregated and most whites know little about blacks other than what they read or see in the media, journalism's obsession with crime and conflict still leads white readers to perceive blacks as a threat. Now that black dissatisfaction is seldom expressed in forms that involve mass violence, newspaper executives seem to have lost their sense of urgency about the appalling poverty that persists in many inner cities. They are still loath to explore the problems of local blacks, although they do report racial inequities in other locales. Indeed, the entire culture of journalism works against thoughtful coverage of social ills: reporters get ahead by pursuing powerful people, not the poor. Martindale analyzes samples of press coverage of four major metropolitan dailies - The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, and Boston Globe - from 1950 (when coverage of black Americans was virtually nonexistent) to 1980. The rest of her information dates back to the late 1960's when the issue was discussed at countless conferences and commission hearings and probed in professional journals. Martindale's major suggestions are that media executives make an effort to establish better communication networks with the black community and hire or develop experts on urban and racial problems; that the press focus more on the problems of local blacks and the frustrations of life in inner-city ghettos; and that efforts to bring more blacks into the media be renewed. There is important information contained here, especially the material on how many basic journalistic practices work against meaningful coverage of racial issues. However, much of the book is a rehash of papers and symposia of the 1960's. The study would have benefited immensely from more on more recent press coverage and from interviews with prominent black journalists. Martindale herself admits that perhaps the work's biggest flaw is that the four large dailies she chose to study may not be entirely representative of the American media. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationCAROLYN MARTINDALE is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Youngstown State University. Prior to receiving her M.A. in Journalism she worked as a newspaper reporter and section editor. She has published articles in Journalism Quarterly, College Media Review, and the Educational Record. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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