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Check out my collaborative publications on topics of concern to Animal Rights activists and sympathizers and to vegans and vegetarians. Natalie Khazaal & Nuria Almiron. 2016. "An Angry Cow Is Not a Good Eating Experience: How US and Spanish Media Are Shifting Crude to Camouflaged Speciesism in Concealing Non-Human Perspective." Journalism Studies 17:3. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2014.982966#.VHza_Ye8pKY Abstract: Recent developments in the ideology of speciesism (meaning bias against members of other animal species) within the media deserve analysis. Such discussion is important because speciesism is a major ethical concern. Nonhuman animals suffer massive harm within the industrial farming complex, confined throughout their lives and a high proportion killed while still infants or juveniles. The joint efforts of material institutions, cultural narratives and embodied affects conceal this from the public. As research on this topic is scarce, this study aims to provide tools to improve the quality of journalism regarding ethical issues that concern our relationship with nonhuman animals. We hope to help to formulate an emerging critical animal studies perspective on journalism studies. This article explores the role of news media in constructing perceptions of nonhumans used for food and their treatment. We compare 60 articles from The New York Times (United States) and El Pa

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