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Title

Mass media and cultural identity : ethnic reporting in Asia / edited by Anura Goonasekera and Youichi Ito.

Publication

Sterling, VA : Pluto Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Goonasekera, Anura, 1940-
• Itō, Yōichi, 1942-

Description

x, 305; 24 cm

Summary

"This volume is the first in-depth work by local authors to assess the inter-relation between the media, ethnic violence and cultural identity in Asia. Focusing on newspapers and television, the contributors - all eminent scholars in their field - examine the role of communication media in the management of ethnic relations in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Ethnicity > Asia
• Asia > Ethnic relations
• Mass media and ethnic relations > Asia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-298) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Anura Goonasekera -- 2. Theories on the Mass Media and Ethnicity: How do the Mass Media Affect Ethnicity and Related Problems? / Youichi Ito -- 3. Is 'Unity in Diversity' Supported by the Indian Media? / S. R. Joshi -- 4. Media and Cultural Identity in Central and West Java: An Anthropological Perspective / Henri Bastaman and Sumita Tobing -- 5. Perceptions of Ethnic Identities in Malaysia: A Media Study / Khor Yoke Lim and Adnan Hussein -- 6. The Press and Sindhi-Mohajir Ethnic Relations in Hyderabad: Do the Newspapers Cultivate Ethnicity? / Fazal Rahim Khan, Abdus Sattar Abbasi and Mohammad Nawaz Mahsud / [et al.] -- 7. Mass Communication as an Art in a Multicultural Society: The Philippine Experience / Juan F. Jamias -- 8. The Role of the Media in the Management of Ethnic Relations in Singapore / Eddie C. Y. Kuo -- 9. Ethnic Perceptions and Media Behaviour in Sri Lanka / J. B. Disanayaka.

ISBN

0745315623 (hbk)

LCCN

99012408

OCLC

ocm40755277

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries