Minorities and the Mass Media Course
Minorities and the Mass Media is the name of a special topics course taught this semester by Dr. Clarence Thomas, Associate Professor in the School of Mass Communications. The course examines historical and contemporary topics and issues associated with the presence and portrayal of selected minorities in/by mainstream mass media.
Crucial to illustrating the issues discussed in the course, is the viewing and interpretation of images of minorities in full-length films and television. In coordination with Dr. Thomas, the VCU libraries have purchased several new videos featuring minority actors and actresses in some of their earlier roles in film and television. While the course focuses primarily on African-Americans, the library's media resources cover a range of minority groups.
Check out this list of selected resources currently available in Media and Reserves, Cabell Library 3rd. floor: Films and Video available in Media and Reserves, JBC Library, Third Floor (Word document).
--Serena Harioan, Collection Management Librarian - Business and Public Affairs.