Cross-Cultural Journalism and Strategic Communication

Praise for the Previous Edition: "Respecting difference and interrupting implicit bias are paramount skills for any communicator, especially journalists and public-relations professionals. Cross-Cultural Journalism will help students with both. This bookwith its range of cultural and industry expertisewill make students aware of their responsibilities as mass communicators and open their hearts and minds to the complexities of the communities they are supposed to serve." Andrea Otanez, University of Washington "Cross-Cultural Journalism provides just the right mix of scholarly and professional insights needed to match my approach to teaching journalists and strategic communicators about diversity. The contemporary examples used throughout the book are great." George L. Daniels, The University of Alabama

Mara E. Len-Ros is Professor of Public Relations and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia. Before earning a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Missouri, she worked in advertising/public relations and marketing in Atlanta. She taught the cross-cultural journalism course at Missouri for ten years. Earnest L. Perry is Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. Before earning a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Missouri, he worked as a newspaper journalist in Texas, Connecticut and Illinois. He is the lead instructor of the cross-cultural journalism course at Missouri, which began in 1998 and was one of the first required journalism diversity courses in the country.

Cross-Cultural Journalism and Strategic Communication: Communicating About Diversity Table of Contents PART I: CONCEPTUAL GROUNDING Chapter 1 Conceptual Understanding Earnest L. Perry and Mara E. Len-Ros Chapter 2 Talking Across Difference Keith Woods Chapter 3 Whos American? Saleem Alhabash, Carie Cunningham and Anastasia Kononova PART II: APPLICATION Chapter 4 Making Class Matter: Journalism and Social Class Ryan Thomas and Marina Hendricks Chapter 5 Gender and the Media: Envisioning Equality Yong Volz and Mara E. Len-Ros Chapter 6 Mass Media and the LBGT Community Gary Hicks Chapter 7 Missing in Action: Religion in Mass Media Markets and News Debra Mason Chapter 8 Reporting and Strategic Communication Across Borders Beverly Horvit and Yulia Medvedeva Chapter 9 Immigrants and Immigration: Reporting the New America Melita M. Garza Chapter 10 Achieving Excellence in Crime Coverage Earnest L. Perry Chapter 11 The Complexity of Disability Chad Painter Chapter 12 Rx for Communicating about Health Inequalities Amanda Hinnant and Mara E. Len-Ros Chapter 13 Talkin bout My Generation: Understanding Generational Differences Teri Finneman Chapter 14 Tellingand ErasingDiverse Stories in Sports David Welch Suggs, Jr. Chapter 15 Next: Where Do We Go From Here? Mara E. Len-Ros and Earnest L. Perry