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Prisms of Prejudice not only highlights the roots of the increasing prejudice against Arabs and Muslims in the United States, but also offers practical and comprehensive solutions. It is well written, and it effectively identifies and explains mediated and visual narratives that contribute to antagonism."—Mohammed Al-Nawawy, author of Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement, and Citizen Journalism. "Karin Gwinn Wilkins ad...

Prisms of Prejudice not only highlights the roots of the increasing prejudice against Arabs and Muslims in the United States, but also offers practical and comprehensive solutions. It is well written, and it effectively identifies and explains mediated and visual narratives that contribute to antagonism."—Mohammed Al-Nawawy, author of Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement, and Citizen Journalism. "Karin Gwinn Wilkins ad...

This edited collection draws upon interdisciplinary research to explore new dimensions in the politics of image and aid. While development communication and public diplomacy are established research fields, there is little scholarship that seeks to understand how the two areas relate to one another. However, international development doctrine in the US, UK and elsewhere increasingly suggests that they are integrated-or at the very least should...

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This edited collection draws upon interdisciplinary research to explore new dimensions in the politics of image and aid. While development communication and public diplomacy are established research fields, there is little scholarship that seeks to understand how the two areas relate to one another. However, international development doctrine in the US, UK and elsewhere increasingly suggests that they are integrated–or at the very least should...

This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to advocates, scholars, and communities engaged in on-going struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of social, cultural, and political change. In a world of growing grassroots activism powered by today's accessible...

To reshape the field of development communication, Redeveloping Communication for Social Change proposes situating theory and practice within contexts of power, recognizing both the ability of dominant groups to control and the potential for marginal communities to resist. Contributors from communication and anthropology explore the global and institutional structures within which agencies construct social problems and interventions, the disco...

Karin Gwinn Wilkins interviews focus groups composed of a diverse cross-section of Americans and analyzes their interpretations of action-adventure film villains of Middle Eastern descent. Wilkins addresses the neglected empirical link between documented media stereotypes of Arab communities and the lived consequences of these portrayals, both in terms of discriminatory practices and generalizations.