Beyond Representational Correctness: Rethinking Criticism of Popular Media by Schiappa, Edward (2008) Paperback

by Edward Schiappa

Argues that representational correctness can cause critics to miss the positive work that films and television shows can perform in reducing prejudice.

Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Anthony Edward Schiappa, Jr. is an American scholar of communication and rhetoric, currently Professor of Comparative Media Studies/Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds the John E. Burchard Chair of Humanities; from 2013 to 2019, he also served as the program's Head. Previously, he spent seventeen years in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, the last seven of which he served as chair. He is the author of eight books and numerous articles that have appeared in classics, communication, English/Composition, philosophy, psychology, and law journals.