Brown and Black Communication—Latino and African American Conflict and Convergence in Mass Media

Though Latinos and African Americans have lived together in large cities as neighbors, there is much that is still misunderstood between them. Those who live in non-diverse locales have only news and entertainment representations on which to base their information about the two cultures. This new collection of essays brings together the latest interdisciplinary works by scholars examining conflicts and convergences among Latinos and African Americans in mass-mediated and cross-cultural contexts. Contributions in the form of both empirical as well as critical ethnographic research present compelling works in cross-cultural relations, news, entertainment, news media, education, and community relations.

DIANA I. RIOS is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Connecticut, where she is also Associate Director of the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Institute.A. N. MOHAMED is Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.