Guides: Media Activism: Human Rights/Race/Migration

Selected Books

Favela Media Activism by Leonardo Custódio
Call Number: P96.H85 C87 2017
ISBN: 9781498529990
Publication Date: 2017-07-24
In-depth ethnographic and interdisciplinary study about the trajectories in media activism among young residents of low-income and violence-ridden favelas in socially unequal Rio de Janeiro. Provides multifaceted analyses of how favela youth engage in individual and collective media activist initiatives despite social class constraints and neoliberal imperatives in their everyday life.
Framing the Net by Rikke Frank Jørgensen
ISBN: 9781782540793
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
"Theoretical analysis and practical case-study stimulate critical reflection on how we should connect the primary moral domain of our time - human rights - with the primary infrastructure for global communication, the Internet. This book is a must read for all who engage with the search for meaningful and practical normative directions for communications in the 21st century."--Cees J. Hamelink, University of Amsterdam
Human Rights Journalism by Ibrahim Seaga Shaw
Call Number: P96.H85 S53 2012
ISBN: 9780230321427
Publication Date: 2012-01-15
Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famineandhuman trafficking,and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.
Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression by Christian Davenport
Call Number: E185.615 .D384 2010
ISBN: 9780521766005
Publication Date: 2009-11-23
This book examines information reported within the media regarding the interaction between the Black Panther Party and government agents in the Bay Area of California (1967-1973). Christian Davenport argues that the geographic locale and political orientation of the newspaper influences how specific details are reported, including who starts and ends the conflict, who the Black Panthers target (government or non-government actors), and which part of the government responds (the police or court).
Second Wounds by Carrie A. Rentschler
ISBN: 9780822393887
Publication Date: 2011-03-04
The U.S. victims rights movement has transformed the way that violent crime is understood and represented in the United States...examines how the victims rights movement brought about such a marked shift in how Americans define and portray crime. Analyzing the movement's effective mobilization of activist networks and its implementation of media strategies, the author interprets texts such as press kits, online victim memorials, and training materials for victims advocates and journalists.

Databases

Race Relations Abstracts
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Urban Studies Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and real estate, urban development and redevelopment, urban planning and land use, environment and resource conservation, transporation and communication, crime and law enforcement, urban economics, social services and public services, politics and government, urban fiscal and budgetary policy, and social issues.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text, comprehensive archival database providing access to more than 400,000 articles in nearly 200 ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines, and journals. Full text archive of Phila Tribune, Jewish Exponent , and nearly 200 other ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines, and journals -- both English and Spanish.
Index Islamicus
Bibliographic citations with subject indexing on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world in general, including Muslims in Africa and Asia and major Muslim minorities worldwide. Topics covered include: education, law, bibliography and scholarship, libraries, philosophy, natural and applied sciences, arts, architecture, geography and travel, social sciences, archaeology, history, economics, politics and current affairs, as well as religion and theology
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Chicano Database
Covers all types of materials relating to Mexican-American topics and, for materials published since 1992, broader topics relating to Latinos.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Subjects covered include anthropology, archaeology, anthropology, banking and finance, business, commerce, drama, drug trade, economic development, environmental issues, ethnography, folklore, geography, history, indigenous affairs, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, social movements, and women's rights. HAPI cites articles published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Index to Jewish Periodicals
Urban History Bibliography

Websites/Organizations

Asian American Journalists Association
Nonprofit organization of more than 1,700 members worldwide, with chapters in the United States and Asia, AAJA strives to provide a means of association and support among Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists.
International Black Broadcasters Association (IBBA)
International professional organization aimed at promoting ownership, employment, education, and equality for minority broadcasters in the United States and abroad.
International Social Security Association (Resource Page)
Resource section of ISSA.
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
Dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Established in April 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
Serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote native cultures.
Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
Serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote native cultures.
USCIS - US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Website of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the federal agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States

Selected Films

Newspaper of Record by a film by Kenneth Love
Call Number: DVD PN4882.5 .N49 2009
Publication Date: 2009
The Pittsburgh Courier was the leading Black newspaper of the last century. No mere journal of African American life, the Courier was a muckraking crusader in the vanguard of the civil rights movement.
Street Fight by a film by Marshall Curry
Call Number: DVD 002 705
ISBN: B002SAMMLU
Publication Date: 2005
Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32-year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pits the young challenger against an old style political machine
Latinos '08 by a film by Phillip Rodriguez
Call Number: DVD 001 911
Publication Date: 2008

ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights by Howard Tumber; Silvio R. Waisbord
ISBN: 9781138665545
Publication Date: 2017-06-20
Offers a comprehensive and contemporary survey of the key themes, approaches and debates in the field of media and human rights. The Companion is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media, including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

These links will take you directly into a New Franklin search on these specific subject headings. Whodathunk the Library of Congress was still using the subject heading "Indians in mass media" (as opposed to Native Americans...).

Arabs in popular culture

Asians in motions pictures

Asian Americans in motion pictures

Asian Americans on television

African Americans in mass media

African American journalists

African American television journalists

African Americans in popular culture

African Americans in the television industry

Ethnic mass media

Ethnic television broadcasting

Hispanic Americans in motion pictures