Black Celebrity, Racial Politics, and the Press: Framing Dissent - Paperback

by Sarah J. Jackson (Author)

This book focuses on the way the mainstream and black press have covered cases of controversial political dissent by African American celebrities from Paul Robeson to Kanye West.

Author Biography

Sarah J. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, USA. Her research examines the construction of social identities in national debates about citizenship, inequality, and social change. Jackson's research has appeared in The International Journal of Press Politics and Feminist Media Studies.