The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto

Gavan Titley author Francesca Sobande author Anamik Saha author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:27th Sep '24

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The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto cover

How can we make media anti-racist?

The rise of the far right, the impacts of Covid-19, and the mediated evidence of racist police violence have challenged the dominant complacency that racism was a thing of the past. We are now witnessing the renewed anti-racist commitment of social movements and the rising authoritarianism that seeks to suppress it. Rather than making media ‘less racist’, how can media systems be transformed in ways that actively challenge the production of racism? What should an anti-racist media look like?  

Saha, Sobande and Titley address these timely questions to outline the essential steps for working towards an anti-racist media future. Revealing how the media are implicated in racism, the authors consider how systems, policies and practices can be transformed to confront and prevent it. Focusing on the problems of impartiality, the limits of diversity and representation, and the contradictions of digital culture, this manifesto illuminates key strategies and suggestions to move us closer to an anti-racist media future for everyone.    

"An urgent guide to the violence of mediated racism, which, as A. Sivanandan noted, does not stand still."
Paula Chakravartty, NYU

"A call for an anti-racist media has never been more urgent. A must-read for those seeking to understand media’s role in normalising but also contesting racism’s structural and symbolic violence."
Myria Georgiou, LSE

"Three major figures in analysis of race in contemporary culture have joined forces to craft a powerful and concise critique of recent mutations in mediated racism. Their book is a vitally important response to media and social media systems that are saturated in discussion of racism and yet continually reproduce it."
David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds

ISBN: 9781509559831

Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 19mm

Weight: 255g

144 pages