By Ritva Levo-Henriksson
Media and Ethnic Identity includes a local American viewpoint to media and its position in ethnic id building. this attitude is won via a case research of the Hopis, who reside in northeast Arizona and are identified for his or her devotion to their indigenous culture.
The learn information is outfitted on a couple of interviews with Hopis of various a while from 9 villages. The examine additionally uses the result of a survey of a big variety of scholars within the Hopi Jr./Sr. highschool. The framework for studying the study facts is intercultural communique (both interpersonal and media-mediated) among an indigenous workforce and a majority from the point of view of the indigenous team.
This e-book presents instruments for figuring out the reviews of conversation among social and political minorities and majorities from the indigenous point of view.
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