[5.1] What Are Media Representations

[5.2] Representations of Gender, Race, and Class

[5.3] Representations of Different Cultures

[5.4] Studying Media Representations

[5.5] Teaching Analysis of Media Representations

[5.6] Representation and Censorship

[5.7] Representations and Idealization

[5.8] Studying Representations of Social Types or Groups

[5.8a] Representations of Femininity

[5.8b] Masculinity

[5.8c] Masculinity and Sports

[5.8d] Gays / Lesbians

[5.8e] Racial and Ethnic Groups

[5.8f] Class

[5.9] Families and Age Groups

[5.10] War

[5.11] Political Parties and Organizations

[5.12] Counter-Representations

[5.13] Additional Web Resources

[5.14] Teaching Activities

Powerpoints

[5.11.1] Republican Party

[5.11.2] Democratic Party

[5.11.3] Green Party

[5.11.4] Libertarian Party

Analyzing political representations: research methods

[5.11.5] Center for Media and Public Affairs

[5.11.6] The Pew Research Center: The People and the Press

[5.11.7] The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

[5.11.8] The Center on Policy Attitudes

[5.11.9] The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

[5.11.10] Public Agenda

[5.11.11] Project Vote Smart

[5.11.12] Mixed Media Watch: representations of politics

[5.11.13] Public Agenda

[5.11.26] Webquest: Sociology Bytes Politics

[5.11.27] Cynthia F. Kirkeby: Watergate: The Role of Press in Politics

For further reading on politics and the media

Bennett, W. L., & Entman, R. (Eds.). (2000). Mediated politics: Communication in the future of democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Davis, R. (2000). The press and American politics: The new mediator. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Giroux, H. (2002). Breaking in to the movies: Film and the culture of politics. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Goldstein, K., & Strach, P. (2003). The medium and the message: Television advertising and American elections. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Graver, D. (2001). Mass Media and American Politics. New York: CQ Press.

Jamieson, K., & Campbell, K. (2000). The interplay of influence: News, advertising, politics, and the mass media. New York: Wadsworth.

Kolko, B. (Ed.). (2003). Virtual publics: Policy and community in an electronic age. New York: Columbia University Press.

Kuypers, J. (2002). Press bias and politics: How the media frame controversial issues. New York: Praeger.

McChesney, R. (1998). Rich media, Poor democracy: Communication politics in dubious times. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Poole, E.  (2002). Reporting Islam: Media representations and British Muslims.  London: I.B.Tauris.

Sachlebe, M., Yenerall, K., & Schultz, D. (Eds.). (2004). Seeing the bigger picture: Understanding politics through film & television. New York: Peter Lang.

Stempel, G. (2003). Media and politics in America: A reference handbook. New York: ABC/CLIO.

Street, J. (2001). Mass media, politics and democracy. New York: Palgrave.