Race and stereotypes in new media: An examination of how Internet news frames persons of color
[Thesis]
Christopher Steven Josey
Dixon, Travis L.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015
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Committee members: Harrison, Kristen; Quick, Brian; Tewksbury, David
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-32590-3
Ph.D.
Speech Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015
The portrayal of race in news media has received much attention over the past few decades by scholars. Despite this, no unifying theoretical approach for analysis has been developed or employed. Further, little attention to Internet news has been paid. This dissertation was developed and carried out to address both issues. A content analysis of the top twenty Traditional and Non-Traditional news websites (as ranked by Alexa Media Research), was performed. A sample was collected from one year of news content resulting in a representative composite month for each website. Comparisons to United States Census data and examinations of stereotypic, stereotype-neutral and counter-stereotypic portrayals were conducted.
Journalism; Multimedia Communications; Ethnic studies; Mass communications
Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Content analysis;Internet news;Media effects;Race;Stereotypes