Good Guys Are Still Always in White? Positive Change and Continued Misrepresentation of Race and Cri...

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Beteiligte: Dixon, Travis L.
In: Communication Research, 44, 2017, 6, S. 775-792
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 775-792
ISSN: 0093-6502
1552-3810
DOI: 10.1177/0093650215579223
veröffentlicht in: Communication Research
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> A content analysis of a random sample of Los Angeles television news programs was used to assess racial representations of perpetrators, victims, and officers. A series of comparisons were used to assess whether local news depictions differed from outside indicators of social reality. In a significant departure from prior research, they revealed that perpetration was accurately depicted on local TV news. Blacks, in particular, were accurately depicted as perpetrators, victims, and officers. However, although Latinos were accurately depicted as perpetrators, they continued to be underrepresented as victims and officers. Conversely, Whites remained significantly overrepresented as victims and officers. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of incognizant racism, ethnic blame discourse, structural limitations, and the guard dog perspective of news media. </jats:p>