American Indians and the mass media

Carstarphen, Meta G., 1954- (Added Author). Sanchez, John P., 1953- (Added Author).

Summary: "Chronicling milestones in the relationship between Indians and the media, some of the chapters employ a historical perspective, and other focus on contemporary practices and new technologies. All foreground American Indian perspectives missing in other books on mass communication. Particularly valuable are the essays highlighting authentic tribal voices in current and future media. The author chronicles the formation of the Native American Journalists Association, perhaps the most important early Indian advocacy organization, which he helped found. As the contributions on new media point out, American Indians with access to a computer can tell their own stories, instantly to millions of people, making social networking and other Internet tools effective means for combating stereotypes. Includes discussion questions for each essay and an extensive bibliography."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780806142340
ISBN: 0806142340
Physical Description: print
application/pdf
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Finding a new voice : foundations for American Indian media / Patty Loew -- American Indian news frames in America's first newspaper, Publick occurrences foreign and domestick / John P. Sanchez -- "Stories of great Indians" by Elmo Scott Watson : syndication, standardization, and the noble savage in feature writing / Miranda J. Brady -- "Indians on our warpath" : World War II images of Native Americans in Life magazine, 1937-1949 / Selene G. Phillips -- To sway public opinion : early persuasive appeals in the Cherokee phoenix and Cherokee advocate / Meta G. Carstarphen -- Names, not nations : patterned references to Indigenous Americans in the New York times and the Los Angeles times, 1999-2000 / Ruth Seymour -- Smoke signals as equipment for living / Jennifer Meness -- The "fighting whites" phenomenon : an interpretive analysis of media coverage of an American Indian mascot issue / Lynn Klyde-Silverstein -- The "S"-word : activist texts and media coverage related to the movement to eradicate "squaw" / Stacey J.T. Hust and Debra Merskin -- Buying into racism : American Indian product icons in the American marketplace / Victoria E. Sanchez -- The notion of somebody sovereign : why sovereignty is important to tribal nations / Paul DeMain -- A shifting wind? : media stereotyping of American Indians and the law / andré douglas pond cummings -- American Indians at press : the Native American Journalists Association / Mark Trahant -- Cherokeespace.com : Native social networking / Roy Boney, Jr. -- Native Americans in the twenty-first century newsroom : breaking through barriers in new media / Juan A. Avila-Hernandez -- Joining the circle : a Yakima story / Ray Chavez.