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Deconstructing Mediated Myths of the Marginalized
Fri, November 13, 2:00 to 3:15pm, Hilton Chicago, Floor: Second Floor, International Ballroom SouthSession Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
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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'Si educas una mujer, educas una familia': Symbols of identity at a womens center - Danielle S. Jones, New Mexico State University
Exploration of DAD Theory and its Hermeneutic Application to Chinese Politics and Culture - Tyler Thornton, University of Oklahoma
Finding Home in Migration: Montagnard Refugees and Post-migration Identity - Etsuko Kinefuchi, Univ of North Carolina, Greensboro
High-End Immigrants Create An Imagined Community in Costa Rica: Examining the Evolving Discourse in Ethnic-Minority Media - Anthony Spencer, West Texas A&M University
Immigrants' Remittances and Economic Development: The Philippine Scenario - Louella Lim Lofranco, Southwest Minnesota State University
Materiality of immigrant identity: Polish immigrants in South Africa - Jolanta Drzewiecka, Washington State University; Melissa Steyn, Univ of Cape Town
