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Sharma, Bal Krishna – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
In this article, I discuss how mediatised tourism constructs various discourses of othering through representations of the 'tourist self' vis-à-vis the 'local other'. In order to do so, I analyze a six-hour travelogue "Himalaya with Michael Palin" broadcast by the BBC in 2004. The analysis shows that despite the forces of globalisation…
Descriptors: Tourism, Multilingualism, Programming (Broadcast), Stereotypes
Njoroge, Wanjiku Felicia Mbugua; Elenbaas, Laura Marie – ZERO TO THREE, 2013
Despite recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics for limited media use in childhood, children are watching increasing amounts of television. Ethnically and racially diverse children are watching more TV than their Caucasian peers. While there has been intense debate regarding rates of TV viewing and the concomitant risks or benefits,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Television Viewing, Racial Differences, Preschool Children
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Dervin, Fred; Gao, Minghui – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2012
Research on intercultural couplehood often relies on cultures and "solid identities" to explain the couples' experiences. By looking at the media construction of an intercultural couple on Chinese television, we are interested in how they are presented and co-constructed through different perspectives, especially if and how (cultural)…
Descriptors: Television Research, Discourse Analysis, Fairy Tales, Television
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Chinn, Donald; Vandegrift, Tammy – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2008
This article provides an analysis of student responses to an exercise used in a computer ethics and a software engineering course to raise awareness of issues related to hiring, including issues of professional responsibility and diversity. Students from two different universities were asked to evaluate four candidates for two positions in a…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Evaluation Criteria, Inferences, Ethics
Garmer, Amy Korzick, Ed. – 1998
This compilation addresses the issues surrounding the provision of more and better media content for minority needs. These papers suggest incentives in the emerging media marketplace that will encourage providing content responsive to minority needs and interests, and they explore the steps needed to get to these new practices. The centerpiece,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Audiences, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Siegel, Paul – 1993
The meaning of "diversity" was at the core of the U.S. Senate debate of 1991-92 concerning continued Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) funding, a debate that was both reported on and fueled by a parallel discourse on the topic in the popular press. Ideas about the diversity of programming fell into three sub-dimensions: (1) political…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cable Television, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis