Shock Jocks

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Shock Jocks." CQ Researcher 17.21 (2007): 481-504.
Should racist and misogynistic speech be regulated? When Don Imus labeled the Rutgers University women's basketball team “nappy-headed hos” in April, it first looked to be just one more insult hurled in his long career. Imus was penalized initially with a two-week suspension. But when the incident appeared on the Internet site youtube.com, organizations ranging from the National Association of Black Journalists to the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America urged a tougher stance against racial stereotyping on public airwaves. Advertisers began pulling their sponsorship from Imus' show, and both networks that carried it — CBS Radio and MSNBC TV — fired him. The outcome was hailed by some as a long-needed response to an increasingly uncivil culture in which shock jocks, comedians, rappers and other media figures traffic in name-calling, racism and misogyny. However, other analysts say silencing Imus was unfair and could begin a purge of outspoken conservative radio hosts, including political commentators like Rush Limbaugh.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Books

Myers, Kristen A. Racetalk : racism hiding in plain sight. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.[Main Collection, P120 .R32M95 2005]

Holtzman, Linda. Media messages : what film, television, and popular music teach us about race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,2000. [Main Collection, P94.5.M552 U646 2000]

Lederer, Laura, and Richard Delgado, eds. The Price we pay : the case against racist speech, hate propaganda, and pornography. New York : Hill and Wang, 1995.[Main Collection,KF9345 .A75P74 1995]

MacKinnon, Catharine A. Only words. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard UP, 1993.[Main Collection, KF4772 .M33 1993]

Articles

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