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Deconstructing Myths: Analyses of Mass Mediated Images of Minority Identities

Fri, November 13, 9:30 to 10:45am, Hilton Chicago, Floor: Second Floor, International Ballroom South

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The goal of this panel is to address the powerful role the media play in constructing and shaping attitudes towards racial/ethnic minorities. Media use and exposure to such images are deconstructed in an effort to illuminate the complex relationship between information dissemination and perpetuating the cycle of institutional -isms.

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