Ethnicities

Auteur

Chuka Onwumechili is Professor of Communications at Howard University, Washington D.C., USA, and Editor-In-Chief of the Howard Journal of Communications (since 2015). He authored/co-edited more than 12 books and numerous academic articles. His most recent work is developing the African Cultural Theory of Communication (ACToC).

Texte du rabat

This book brings ethnicities into focus by presenting contemporary ethnic discourses that capture and highlight disjuncture within the concept of the idealized "globalizing" world. It was originally published as a special issue of Howard Journal of Communications.

Contenu

Introduction: Globalization? The Challenge of Ethnicities Remain 1. Definitions of Ethnicity in Communication Scholarship: A New Perspective 2. "Folks Don't Understand What It's Like to Be a Native Woman": Framing Trauma via #MMIW 3. Dropping in, Helping Out: Social Support and Weak Ties on Traditional Medicine Social Networking Sites 4. Hablamos Inglés: Media Portrayals of English-Proficient Latin American MLB Players 5. A Decomposition of Socially Constructed Image of Omani Female Professionals: Multidimensional Tension Embedded 6. Asian Americans' Communicative Responses to COVID-19 Discrimination in Application of Co-Cultural Theory 7. Coping with Racial Discrimination with Collective Power: How Does Bonding and Bridging Social Capital Help Online and Offline?