Latinxs and the Media

Catalog description

The rapid growth of Latinx-media within the United States (U.S.), and transnational/regional media in the Americas, is unprecedented. Local and global organizations serving Latinx communities are increasingly acknowledging the importance of preparing professionals and academics with an understanding not only of Latino communities, but also of media industries and communication issues that impact those communities. Examines the production, distribution, and consumption of Latinx Media and images in the U.S. Focuses on a wide range of mediated cultural production with an emphasis on visual media such as television, film, advertising and digital/social media. Pays special attention to the influence of the so-called Latinx market, the configuration of national, racial and ethnic identities, politics, cultural production and the ways it challenges and/or reproduces competing cultural ideologies.