Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy
by Martin Gilens
Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
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"Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than forty years of television and newsmagazine stories on poverty, Gilens demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. But white Americans don't oppose welfare simply because they think it benefits blacks; rather, they think it benefits "undeserving" blacks who would rather live off the government than work, a show more perception powerfully fueled by the media's negative coverage of the black poor." "The public's views on welfare, Gilens shows, are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the "deserving" poor."--Jacket. show lessTags
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- 070.4 — Computer science, information & general works News media, journalism & publishing Documentary media, educational media, news media; journalism; publishing Journalism
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- P96 .P842 .U654 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics Communication. Mass media
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