Questioning 'black humour': racial exploitation, media and health.
This commentary explores the relevance of media racism to health psychology. While supporting Dr Estacio's call for health psychologists to get involved in promoting social justice via the media, we propose that health psychologists should not overstate the negative influence of the media on racism in society. Media content is complex and contradictory. It contains both racist and anti-racist representations. Challenging racism requires a conceptualization of links between the representational spaces provided by the media and the everyday geographic places within which inter-personal interactions and exploitation occur.
Hodgetts
Darrin
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Department of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. dhdgetts@waikato.ac.nz
Stolte
Ottilie
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D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D045809:Human Rights Abuses / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media / Q000941:ethics*; D011287:Prejudice; D012935:Social Justice / Q000523:psychology; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic / Q000523:psychology*