[ecrea] New book on "Journalism and Human Rights"

John C. Pollock  (The College of New Jersey, USA) is pleased to announce 
the publication of his new book:

“Journalism and Human Rights: How Demographics Drive Media Coverage” 
(Routledge, 2015)

     Hardback: ISBN: 978-1-13-885789-6;  March 30th 2015

This book is the first collection of original research to explore links 
between demographics and media coverage of emerging human rights issues. 
It covers cross-national reporting on human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, water 
contamination, and child labor; and same-sex marriage, Guantanamo 
detainee rights, immigration reform, and post-traumatic stress disorder 
in the United States. The research asks questions such as: What are the 
principal catalysts that propel rights issues into media agendas? Why do 
some surface more quickly than others? And how do the demographics of 
cross-national reporting differ from those driving multi-city US 
nationwide coverage of rights claims?

Using community structure theory and innovative Media Vector content 
analysis, the eight chapters of this book reveal three striking patterns 
that show how differences in female empowerment, social or economic 
vulnerability, and Midwestern newspaper geographic location, link 
powerfully with variations in coverage of rights issues. The patterns 
connecting demographics and rights claims confirm that coverage of human 
rights can mirror the concerns of stakeholders and vulnerable groups, 
contrary to conventional assumptions that media typically serve as 
"guard dogs" reinforcing the interests of political and economic elites.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the "Atlantic 
Journal of Communication".

For more information, see: 
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138857896/

Categories: Journalism, International Media, Human Rights, Health 
Communication, Mass Media & Communication, Newswriting and Reporting, 
Political Communication, Communication Studies, Mass Communication

Author: John C. Pollock (Ph.D. Stanford) is Professor of communication 
studies at The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ. He is the 
author of Tilted Mirrors: Media Alignment with Political and Social 
Change – a Community Structure Approach (2007) and edited Media and 
Social Inequality: Innovations in Community Structure Research (2013, 
2014). He is a media sociologist and pursues interests in health 
communication and media and human rights.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Morton Winston (former US Chair, Amnesty International)

Overview: Illuminating Human Rights: How Demographics Drive Media Coverage
John C. Pollock

Part I: Cross-National Coverage of Human Rights

1. Cross-National Coverage of Human Trafficking: A Community Structure 
Approach
Kelly Alexandre, Cynthia Sha, John C. Pollock, Kelsey Baier, and Jessica 
Johnson

2. Cross-national Coverage of HIV/AIDS: A Community Structure Approach
James Etheridge, Kelsey Zinck, John C. Pollock, Christina Santiago, 
Kristen Halicki, and Alec Badalamenti

3. Cross-National Coverage of Water Handling: A Community Structure Approach
Domenick Wissel, Kathleen Ward, John C. Pollock, Allura Hipper, Lauren 
Klein, and Stefanie Gratale

4. Cross-National Coverage of Child Labor: A Community Structure Approach
Jordan Gauthier Kohn and John C. Pollock

Part II: Multi-city US Nationwide Coverage of Human Rights

5. Nationwide Coverage of Same-Sex Marriage: A Community Structure Approach
Victoria Vales, John C. Pollock, Victoria Scarfone, Carly Koziol, Amy 
Wilson, and Pat Flanagan

6. Nationwide Coverage of Detainee Rights at Guantanamo: A Community 
Structure Approach
Kelsey Zink, Maggie Rogers, John C. Pollock, and Matthew Salvatore

7. Nationwide Coverage of Immigration Reform: A Community Structure Approach
John C. Pollock, Stefanie Gratale, Kevin Teta, Kyle Bauer, and Elyse 
Hoekstra

8. Nationwide Coverage of Post-Traumatic Stress: A Community Structure 
Approach
John C. Pollock, Stefanie Gratale, Angelica Anas, Emaleigh Kaithern and 
Kelly Johnson



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John C. Pollock, Ph.D., MPA
Professor
Communication Studies Dept.
Newest book: "Journalism and Human Rights: How Demographics Drive Media 
Coverage" (Routledge, April, 2015)
book website: http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9781138857896/
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628
(pollock /at/ tcnj.edu)
preferred tel. 732-371-7022
Office Hours spring 2015: Mon/Thur: 1:00 - 1:45 PM; 3:30 - 4:30 PM



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