Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Curtis L Walker

Publications

• Research Article
  Coverage of Black versus White Males in Local Television News Lead Stories
  Author(s): Trina T Creighton, Curtis L Walker and Mark R AndersonTrina T Creighton, Curtis L Walker and Mark R Anderson
  
  As far back as the early 1990s scholars have analyzed how some television news stations have disproportionately portrayed Black males as notorious lawbreakers, while White males are significantly more likely to be depicted as heroes, defenders of all that is righteous, or the perpetual “good guys.” As a result of those early articles many other researchers have examined the prevalence of such reporting as well as the impact it has on Black males as well as society. Most of those studies have focused on the entire newscasts coverage of big city television markets, like Chicago or New York. No study has performed a similar analysis on the lead news story. Nebraska has recently been designated as the “most dangerous place in America to be Black.” Nebraska received that title even though it has an extremely small Black population, 4.8%, most of whom live in Omaha, .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000216

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