Race, gender, and image repair theory : how digital media change the landscape

Race, gender, and image repair theory : how digital media change the landscape / Mia Moody-Ramirez and Hazel James Cole.

Race, Gender and Image Restoration Theory: How Digital Media Change the Landscape explores themes that are relevant to the socio-political landscape of twenty-first-century America, including race and gender representation, social media and traditional media framing, and image restoration management...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Hazel James, 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Moody-Ramirez, Mia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
African Americans in mass media.
Women in mass media.
Digital media.
Social media.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
Gender identity in mass media.
Race in mass media.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Communication > Social aspects > United States.
Communication and culture > United States.
social media.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Race in mass media
Mass media > Political aspects
Gender identity in mass media
Communication > Social aspects
Communication and culture
African Americans > Intellectual life
African Americans in mass media
Digital media
Social media
Women in mass media
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of theories
  • Introduction
  • Image repair theory : general terminology
  • Critical race theory and image repair studies
  • Image repair theory and the web
  • Outbursts and offensive language
  • Hate speech & crisis management : a case study of Donald Sterling's use of racist rhetoric
  • Free speech vs. hate speech : an image restoration case study of Justin Bieber's use of the n-word
  • What happens on Twitter stays on Twitter : black Twitter, "#Niggernavy" and the image repair tactics of Yahoo finance
  • Fighting words : an image restoration study of Hulk Hogan's use of the n-word
  • Sexual assault, domestic violence, and IRT
  • The fall of America's favorite dad : Bill Cosby's image repair tactics
  • The aftermath of #MeToo : Harvey Weinstein's image repair tactics and Pinterest representations
  • Gender, race, and IRT
  • Passing for black : an analysis of Rachel Dolezal's image repair strategies
  • Spanning the decades : an analysis of Monica Lewinsky's image restoration strategies during a 2015 Ted talks appearance
  • Politics and IRT
  • Taming of the shrew and rock star : media framing of senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during the 2007-08 presidential primaries
  • Image repair and online media framing of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race
  • Conclusions and future directions in image repair theory
  • Appendixes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the editors
  • About the contributors.

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