The Mass Media and Racial Conflict

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N. Deakin , Colour, Citizenship and British Society (London , Panther Books, 1970).

For a review of relevant studies and a discussion of the complexity of 'contact' as a variable see: Y. Amir. , 'Contact Hypothesis in Ethnic Relations', Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 5, (1969).

J.M. Trenaman , D. McQuail , Television and the Political Image (London, Methuen, 1961).

Jay G. Blumler and D. McQuail , Television in Politics: Its Uses and Influence ( London , Faber and Faber, 1968).

E. Cooper , H. Dinerman , 'Analysis of the Film "Don't be a Sucker": A Study in Communication' . Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1951).

The study was carried out by Dr. Roger Brown in connection with a production study conducted by Philip Elliott, to be published shortly.

J.T. Klapper , The Effects of Mass Communication (New York, Free Press, 1960).

A good review of work in this tradition is to be found in Klapper (op. cit.). For general reviews and discussion of mass communications research and theory see: D. McQuail, Towards a Sociology of Mass Communications (New York, Collier-Macmillan, 1969); M. L. De Fleur, Theories of Mass Communication (New York, McKay, 1966); J. D. Halloran (Ed.), The Effects of Television (London, Panther, 1970).

See e.g. Klapper (op. cit.), Chapter V.; C. I. Hovland, I. L. Janis, H. H. Kelley, Communication and Persuasion (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1953).

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Ibid., p. 365.

P.H. Tannenbaum , 'The effect of headlines on the interpretation of news stories', Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 30, (1953), p. 189-197; and P.B. Warr and B. Knapper , The Perception of People and Events (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1968).

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