Juan in a hundred: the representation of Latinos on network news

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Acknowledgments Transcription and Semiotic Conventions Prologue: Studying the Network News Coverage on Latinos Chapter 1: What US Latino Stories Make the Network News? Section I: Semiotic Analyses of Network News Stories about Latinos Chapter 2: Inside-the-Beltway Stories Jose Padilla: Citizen Terrorist or Simply Terrorist? CNN News Brief, #2 CBS News Report, #60 Latinos in the White House ABC: Alberto Gonzales Nominated Attorney General, #100 CNN: Carlos Gutierrez Nominated Commerce Secretary, #112 Presidential Campaign for Latino Voters ABC: Speaking Spanish Garners Latino Votes, #10 NBC: Rejecting a Latino Voter Myth, #82 NBC: Latino Voters in Western States, #90 ABC: Candidates Appear on Sabado Gigante, #97 Chapter 3: News Briefs and Feature Stories Economic Impact of Latinos NBC News Brief on Jobs, #27 Health of Latinos CBS News Brief on Strokes, #80 CBS Investigative Report: Hospitals Price-Gouging Latinos, #47 Politics of Entertainment ABC: Visas Denied to Cuban Musicians, #13 Multiple News Briefs on Defecting Cuban Dancers CBS: Day without a Mexican, #49 CBS: Reality Show !Gana la Verde! #87 Latinos and Public Education CBS: Increasingly Segregated Schools, #51 NBC/Telemundo: DREAM Act Students, #57 Iraq War Latino Soldiers CNN: Death of a Green Card Soldier, #33 ABC: Sergeant Rafael Peralta, #109 Latinos in Sports ABC: NFL Marketing to Latinos, #9 Baseball's A-Rod, #16, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 NBC: Olympic Triple Jumper Becomes Iconic Immigrant, #85 Chapter 4: News Stories about Caribbean Immigrants Cuban Migrants as Refugees ABC and CBS News Briefs about Cubans Floating on a Buick, #11, #12 ABC News Brief about Mexican Pinata Girl, #105 ABC and CBS News Briefs on Cubans Migrating by Inner Tube, #34, #35 Dominican Migrants as Victims NBC and ABC News Briefs and NBC Report, #63, #81, #14 Dominican Migrants as Criminals ABC In-Depth Story, #74 Chapter 5: Immigration Policy Stories Bush's Immigration Policy Initiative ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, #3 CNN NewsNight with Aaron Brown, #1 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, #4 Phoenix Drop Houses NBC News Brief, #15 CNN News Brief, #24 Second CNN News Brief, #28 CNN Feature-Length Story, #30 New Flood of Immigrants? First NBC/Telemundo Report, #17 Second NBC Report, #48 Chapter 6: Feature-Length News Stories about Mexican Immigrants NBC: Mexican Migrants in the Aftermath of a Hurricane, #83 NBC/Telemundo: Air Flight Repatriations, #89 CBS: Contrasting Views of Arizona's Prop 200, #117 CBS: Immigration: What Does It Mean to You? #77 ABC/BBC: Dangerous Crossing, #116 Conclusions: Semiotic Analyses of Network News Stories about Latinos Section II: Humanist Theories and Cognitive Modeling of Television News Readings Chapter 7: A Cognitive Model to Incorporate Second-Order Signs Chapter 8: Adding Narrative to Semiotics: Myths That Underlie News Stories Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix A: Summary Table of 118 Network Evening News Stories about Latinos in 2004 Appendix B: Template for Social Semiotic Analysis of Network News Stories (#48) Notes References Credits Index