The Minorities and Communication section of the Proceedings contains the following 15 papers: "An Analysis of Role Portrayal in U.S. Spanish-Language Television Promotional Announcements" (Jami J. Armstrong and Alice Kendrick); "A Critical Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of Native Americans by 'The Daily Oklahoman' Newspaper for 1998" (Dianne Lamb); "Japanese-American Internment Redress and Reparations: A Pilot Study of Media Coverage by the 'Los Angeles Times' and 'Washington Post'--1986-1999" (Joy Y. Nishie); "Third-Person Perception and Optimistic Bias among Urban Minority 'At-Risk' Youth" (John Chapin); "Exclusion, Denial, and Resignation: How African American Girls Read Mainstream Teen Magazines" (Lisa Duke); "Hate Speech and the Third-Person Effect: Susceptibility, Severity, and the Willingness to Censor" (Jennifer L. Lambe and Dhavan V. Shah); "The Media, Susan Smith, and the Mythical Black Kidnapper: Why Don't I Trust My Black/White Neighbor?" (Jennifer L. Bailey Woodard); "KVUE-TV's 'Crime Guidelines' and Unconscious Racism: A Case Study" (Bob Pondillo); "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield: Race and Biraciality in 'Star Trek'" (Michele S. Foss); "Model Minority Discourse in the News Media: A Comparison of Asian American and Mormon Cases" (Chiung Hwang Chen); "'Beyond the Looking Glass': Thoughts and Feelings of African American Images in Advertisements by Caucasian Consumers" (Cynthia M. Frisby); "The Press and Lynchings of African Americans" (Richard M. Perloff); "Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian-American Adolescents' Responses to Culturally Embedded Ads" (Osei Appiah); "A Minority Voice in the Wilderness: Julius F. Taylor and the 'Broad Ax' of Salt Lake City" (Michael S. Sweeney); and "'The Indianapolis Recorder': A Midwestern Black Newspaper Passes Century Mark by Finding Formula for Survival" (Tendayi S. Kumbula). (RS)