Angie Chuang is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information, USA, and a former staff writer at several U.S. daily newspapers.

“American Otherness in Journalism is a must-read for anyone questioning news coverage of an increasingly diverse society. It offers new approaches to understanding how media can reinforce or redefine ‘Otherness’ when covering diverse and marginalized groups.”Félix F. Gutiérrez, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: American Otherness and the Un-melted PotPart I: Threat AssessmentChapter 1: The Indeterminate OthersJohn Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the Beltway SnipersChapter 2: Citizen OtherThe Binghamton Immigrant Services Center Shooting and the ‘Foreign’ Asian PerpetratorChapter 3: The Other in Sheep’s ClothingThe Times Square Bomber and the ‘Homegrown’ TerroristPart II: Earned Americanness Chapter 4: The Exemplary OthersDream Act Exemplars and Latine ImmigrantsChapter 5: President OtherBarack Obama, the ‘Birther’ Debate, and the Killing of Osama bin LadenChapter 6: The Posthumous OtherBreonna Taylor and Black Lives MatterPart III: American Hate and Protest in the Post-Truth EraChapter 7: The Other Shades of WhiteProtesters and Counterprotesters at Charlottesville’s Unite the RightChapter 8: The Other PatriotColin Kaepernick and the NFL Anthem ProtestsChapter 9: The Other VictimsAsian American Immigrant Victims of the Atlanta Spa ShootingsConclusion: Two Reckonings, Five Ways ForwardAppendix A: MethodologyIndex

Angie Chuang is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information, USA, and a former staff writer at several U.S. daily newspapers.

“American Otherness in Journalism is a must-read for anyone questioning news coverage of an increasingly diverse society. It offers new approaches to understanding how media can reinforce or redefine ‘Otherness’ when covering diverse and marginalized groups.”Félix F. Gutiérrez, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: American Otherness and the Un-melted PotPart I: Threat AssessmentChapter 1: The Indeterminate OthersJohn Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the Beltway SnipersChapter 2: Citizen OtherThe Binghamton Immigrant Services Center Shooting and the ‘Foreign’ Asian PerpetratorChapter 3: The Other in Sheep’s ClothingThe Times Square Bomber and the ‘Homegrown’ TerroristPart II: Earned Americanness Chapter 4: The Exemplary OthersDream Act Exemplars and Latine ImmigrantsChapter 5: President OtherBarack Obama, the ‘Birther’ Debate, and the Killing of Osama bin LadenChapter 6: The Posthumous OtherBreonna Taylor and Black Lives MatterPart III: American Hate and Protest in the Post-Truth EraChapter 7: The Other Shades of WhiteProtesters and Counterprotesters at Charlottesville’s Unite the RightChapter 8: The Other PatriotColin Kaepernick and the NFL Anthem ProtestsChapter 9: The Other VictimsAsian American Immigrant Victims of the Atlanta Spa ShootingsConclusion: Two Reckonings, Five Ways ForwardAppendix A: MethodologyIndex