The Minorities and Communication Division section of the proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "Gender Stereotypes and Race in Music Videos: Cultivating Unreality" (Helena K. Sarkio); "Copycats, Conspirators and Bigots: Themes in Southern, Northern and Western Newspaper Editorial Portrayals of the Black Church-Burning Crisis" (Sharon Bramlett-Solomon); "Pointing Fingers: Victim Blaming and News Coverage of African-Americans, Health and Public Policy in Two Major Metropolitan Newspapers" (Nicole Myeshia Mikel); "Race and the Praxis of Crime Reporting: A Narrative Paradigm for Portrayals of Deviance" (Craig Maier and Maggie Patterson); "Diversity in Local Television News: A Clogged Pipeline?" (Terry Anzur, Sheila Murphy and Mieke Schechter); "Television Network Diversity Deals and Citizen Group Action in 21st Century Broadcasting Policy" (George L. Daniels); "A Case Study of the Bush and Gore Web Sites 'En Espanol': Building Identification with Hispanic Voters During the 2000 New Hampshire Primary and Iowa Caucuses" (Maria E. Len-Rios); "Justifying the FCC's Minority Preference Policies" (Seung Kwan Ryu); "Media Messages and the Thin Standard: Are African-American Women Receiving the Same Messages?" (Laura I. Collier); and "What a Difference a Channel Makes: Commercial Images in General Market v. Spanish-Language Television" (Jami Armstrong Fullerton and Alice Kendrick). (RS)