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Deconstructing Representations of African Americans in the Media: An Analysis of Misconstrued Tactics to Refute African Americans From Suburbia

Deconstructing Representations of African Americans in the Media: An Analysis of Misconstrued Tactics to Refute African Americans From Suburbia

Janell Harvey
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781522578352|ISBN10: 1522578358|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799801672|EISBN13: 9781522578369
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7835-2.ch002
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Harvey, Janell. "Deconstructing Representations of African Americans in the Media: An Analysis of Misconstrued Tactics to Refute African Americans From Suburbia." African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity, edited by Patricia H. Hoffman-Miller, et al., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 20-27. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7835-2.ch002

APA

Harvey, J. (2019). Deconstructing Representations of African Americans in the Media: An Analysis of Misconstrued Tactics to Refute African Americans From Suburbia. In P. Hoffman-Miller, M. James, & D. Hermond (Eds.), African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity (pp. 20-27). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7835-2.ch002

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Harvey, Janell. "Deconstructing Representations of African Americans in the Media: An Analysis of Misconstrued Tactics to Refute African Americans From Suburbia." In African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity, edited by Patricia H. Hoffman-Miller, Marlon James, and Douglas Hermond, 20-27. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7835-2.ch002

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Abstract

A 2014 survey distributed by Runnymede Trust indicates that 74% of respondents believe that media portrayals of minorities promote racism. The media plays a significant role in the ways that African Americans are perceived resulting in implicit bias. Data reveal that biased representations of minorities has existed since the early 1870s. The cinematic representation of African Americans in the media negates reality with portrayals of ignorance and subservience. The chapter uses technical discourse to analyze 20 historical and present advertisements with negative portrayals of African Americans in an attempt to identify strategies used by marketers to dehumanize the Black consumers and shape suburban communities.

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