Communicating Racism: Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk

Type

Book

Authors

Teun A. van Dijk

ISBN 13

9780803936270

Tags

Communication, Communication & Media Studies, Minority Studies, Discrimination & Racism, Social Sciences, Communications

Description

How does everyday talk contribute to the spread and acceptance of ethnic prejudice? Communicating Racism is a revealing interdisciplinary study of ethnic prejudices and the ways in which they are diffused through interpersonal communication and intergroup interaction. In this clearly written and comprehensive study, van Dijk establishes a crucial link between the cognitive, social and communicative dimensions of racism. He examines: the social psychology of ethnic attitudes; the cognitive psychology of ethnic prejudice; and the social context of prejudice; the interpersonal communication of racism. By analysing informal discourse and the reproduction of racism within the white majority, the author of - from Amzon

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