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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Communication, edited by two international communication scholars, serves as a comprehensive and authoritative reference work to help readers understand the complex intersections and multifaceted relationships between race, ethnicity and communication across diverse countries, time periods, and contexts. The articles-authored by leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of communication, sociology, anthropology and other social sciences-meticulously explain the intricate and ever-evolving ways in which race, ethnicity, identity and related concepts both shape communication within and across cultures, world regions, and nations. Many articles analyze how communication systems rooted in diverse political-economic structures determine patterns of media content and products that reflect and reproduce race and ethnic relations, including patterns of domination, discrimination, and exploitation, but also struggles for emancipation and empowerment. Other articles discuss how those dynamics shape and reshape patterns of racial and ethnic communities and their respective identities within and outside of national and regional borders, such as among diasporic communities. A particular strength of the Encyclopedia is that the articles document and narrate how the complex intersections and multifaceted relationships between race, ethnicity and communication take place under all types of national and international political-economic settings, be these capitalist, socialist, communist, democratic, authoritarian, centralized, decentralized, colonial, neo-colonial, or post-colonial. Thus, historical and contemporary developments, as well as emerging trends within the realm of racial and ethnic communication across the globe are discussed with ample details and multiple references for further readings and research. The articles offer critical perspectives on the historical, social, and political contexts that have shaped dominant communication patterns, as well as strategies for building more equitable and inclusive communication practices. Yet another value of this Encyclopedia is that many articles provide nuanced explorations not only of key concepts, but also theories, research methodologies, and significant data that have shaped the discourses in this dynamic intersectional field of communication. In sum, from macro structures to interpersonal interactions, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Communication delves into power dynamics embedded in language, media representations, and communication across racial and ethnic boundaries in an increasingly interconnected world-North, South, East and West.
