Racial Spectacle and Campus Climate: Media Representations and Asian International Student Perceptions at U.S. Colleges

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Author(s): Kenneth Robert Roth (California State University, USA)and Zachary S. Ritter (University of Redlands, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 30
Source title: Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Julie Prescott (University of Bolton, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0047-6.ch007

Keywords: Gender & Diversity / Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare / Sociology

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Media spectacle has become an important way countries, culture, and commerce is expressed in the global marketplace. Media spectacle is a combination of power and capital and in its final form produces ideology. The U.S. is the global leader in the production and distribution of media, accounting for one-third of more than $90 billion annually in worldwide film distribution alone. U.S. media representations can be distinctive due to their racial dialogue and International college students with little exposure to the U.S. outside of media depictions arrive in America with perceptions that may be detrimental to campus climate. Supported by two independent qualitative studies, this chapter interrogates implications media representations may have for cross-cultural interactions. We identify ways U.S. colleges and universities are addressing campus climate issues, and how these efforts may not be enough. We call for increased diversity training across curricula to promote greater tolerance.

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