Race, Culture and Media

Race, Culture and Media is a critical, impassioned and accessible exploration of this complex relationship. This new edition moves past conventional discourse on diversity, challenging you to confront the real issues of power and participation. Anamik Saha′s approachable writing starts from the ground up, leading you through nuanced topics such as how capitalism and legacies of colonialism shape media content today, and the value and limitations of key concepts like stereotype, representation and racialisation. You will be empowered to:Understand the multifaceted theories and experiences of race and its intersections with gender, sexuality and class;Analyse key topics, from how algorithms/AI produce racism in digital media, to the politics of superdiversity in popular culture, to ongoing anti-migrant and anti-Muslim racism in news media;Engage with brand new case studies which cover the latest developments on how race is made in media, including YouTube and social media.This book will challenge your preconceptions and ignite your critical thinking, making it essential reading for students and researchers across media, communication and cultural studies.

Anamik Saha is a Professor in Race and Media in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. His research is on issues of race, culture and media, with a particular focus on creative and cultural industries and issues of ‘diversity’. He is the author of Race and the Cultural Industries (Polity, 2018), and Race, Culture and Media (first edition, Sage, 2021) and co-author of The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto with Francesca Sobande and Gavan Titley (Polity, 2024). He is the co-author of the AHRC-funded industry report Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing with Sandra van Lente (Goldsmiths Press, 2020), which led to his inclusion in the The Bookseller’s 2020 list of most influential people in the book trade. His research has featured across a range of media, including BBC Radio, The Guardian, TES and The New Statesman. He is an editor of European Journal of Cultural Studies.