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Civil Rights, Black Identity and the Media

Civil Rights, Black Identity and the Media. COM 369 Mass Media and Society Winter 2009 Syllabus. Questions to Keep in Mind. Whose story do we tell? Who decides what stories get told? Who does the telling? Who is the intended audience?. Key Points: Jan. 7. 2009. Ken Stanton, reporter

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Civil Rights, Black Identity and the Media

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  1. Civil Rights, Black Identity and the Media COM 369 Mass Media and Society Winter 2009 Syllabus

  2. Questions to Keep in Mind • Whose story do we tell? • Who decides what stories get told? • Who does the telling? • Who is the intended audience?

  3. Key Points: Jan. 7. 2009 • Ken Stanton, reporter • You Tube Video - Fox news, ED "Terrorist Fist Jab" • You Tube Video - O'Reilly, Obama's wife, "She looks like an angry woman." • You Tube Video - FOX News: Michelle Obama: Angry Black woman. • You Tube Video - Fox News tags Michelle Obama is Barrack's "Baby Mama.”

  4. Jan. 7, 2009, cont. • "Magical Negro" parody - Look up and research. An "Uncle Tom" term.- Rush Limbaugh did a song with it. "Barrack the Magical Negro."~ Why was he allowed to get away with it?- Saltsman, Candidate for chairman of the "Republican National Committee" sends the song out in a Christmas letter.~ You Tube Video - GOP song controversy.- Is this an issue of hypersensitivity? Research this on your own.~ You Tube Video - Republican Leader - "Barrack The Magical Negro.” • David Horsey - Obama political cartoons. "The message some McCain supporters believe…" compared to the Obama Muslim New Yorker cover.~ What can we poke fun at? ~ All these things as a whole, what is appropriate?To Do: Look up and research the Obama "Magical Negro" parody. Is this an issue of hypersensitivity? Research and bring in your thoughts. Bring in an example of other coverage issues.

  5. Articles/Web sites to view Jan. 12 • Little Diversity at White House --Washington Post. • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011200517.html • Commentary on the Magic Negro parody -- Black Star News • http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=5293 • The original column: Obama the 'Magic Negro’ -- LA Times • http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center • David Ehrenstein Responds to New 'Barack the Magic Negro' Buzz -- Associated Press • http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1342198/david_ehrenstein_responds_to_new_barack.html?cat=62

  6. To read before Jan. 14 • Framing the News: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=58&aid=81884 • Black Media: • National Newspaper Publishers Association (local listings) http://www.nnpa.org/News/article/article.asp?sID=14 • WVON in Chicago http://www.wvon.com/home.php

  7. Key concepts to use from Jan. 12. • Media Frame • Robert Entman, scholar and author • Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death defenses against rhetoric, emotional defenses

  8. Notes from Jan. 12 • -Kayla Schroader, reporter • MEDIA FRAME: the parameters surrounding how we think about an issue. Prioritizing elements and distinguishing legitimate participants. • 1.Magical Negro common reference (movies/Brown vs. Board/etc) • SPIKE LEE the black sidekick as the secondary character. • Acceptance of black individuals but not black culture. • 2.Concerns • Obama- American who happened to be black not black American (burden) • “Mutt” • Professional/news media vs. entertainment media blurring the lines of realistic expectations • 3.Message changes according to • messenger • medium

  9. To read before Jan. 21 • NYTimes, Talk about Race? Relax • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/fashion/15race.html • Question: Why would the NYT run this in the fashion section? • Be sure to follow the Inauguration on television, in the Black media, and in print. We’ll talk one last time about the inauguration Jan. 21. • Don’t forget, no class on Jan. 19.

  10. Notes from 1/14 • Amy Thompson • There is more broad coverage and a sense of unity in black media; more of a sense of community. Commonly using the pronouns "we" or "us" in their coverage. • ‑ The questions of how it is that objectivity is accomplished. What would count as being objective. • ‑ The news coverage differences in Oscar Grant III case. What parts of the story do and do not get published and in what light. • ‑ Agenda setting: the levels of importance between black and white based media • ‑ How it seems that there is an underlying sense of fear when confronted with differences • ‑ With the advancement of technology today there is more scrutiny and challenging of the media.

  11. What Obama means • http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/11/08/what-obama-means-to-me-a-personal-note/ • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011801437.html • Link to article defining framing: http://ezp.lib.cwu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24074968&site=ehost-live • Midterm Essay Instructions

  12. Observations from Jan. 21 • Andy Straub-Walden • Similar views from “opposite backgrounds” • People Breaking stereotypical modes • Racism as a cause for activism • Reaching an age of the ability to overcome racism • High expectations from black president • Obama as anti-racism “milepost” • Hope fulfilled in Obama. “Undying faith”-things turning for better • Sense of nationalism in Obama • High focus on race • How much do we expect; it’s the beginning • Obama’s election does not end racism- possibility of assassination • Obamas’ personal courage- profound message in taking the risk • Young energy brought to Whitehouse (like JFK)

  13. Jan. 28 • The Abolitionist Press vs. the “status quo press • http://www.liberatorfiles.com/ • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/filmmore/ps_war.html

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