Ethnic and Racial Images in the Media

Articles that Cite Herman Gray's "Television, Black Americans and the American Dream"

1) Lundman, RJ. "The newsworthiness and selection bias in news about murder: Comparative and relative effects of novelty and race and gender typifications on newspaper coverage of homicide." Sociological Forum 18.3 (2003): 357-386.

This article would be beneficial to one researching the topic of the racial stereotyping of blacks in television as it offers a close analysis of the production of news. In this way, we can see how news worthiness is evaluated and how the social construction of news is well defined. For instance, the article discusses journalists' evalutation of the worthiness of news depending on longstanding racial stereotyping that will further perpetuate such representations in the media and in life.

2) Eschholz, S., Bufkin, J., and J Long. " Symbolic reality bites: Women and racial/ethnic minorities in modern film." Sociological Spectrum 22.3 (2002): 299-334.

This article concentrates on the representation of women and racial minorities in the media. The article discusses the effects of restriciting them to minor stereotypical roles, which in turn enforces the social construction of reality. In this way, people begin to imitate the roles that are presented to them by the media. This article would be helpful for someone writing an article on the stereotyping of minorities, based on race as well as sex. Most studies seem to include an evaluation of both topics. Once again, these are reliable authors who have conducted studies at Georgia State University.

3) Coltrane, S., and M Messineo. "The perpetuation of subtle prejudice: Race and gender imagery in 1990s television advertising." Sex Roles 42.5 (2000): 363-389.

This article analyzes the the portrayal of different genders and races in television commercials. The authors argue that there are specific stereotypical images that advertising agencies use to sell their product. Although this article does not focus directly on racial discrimination in the media, it analyzes it as part of a more complex study. It is also helpful that it studies another forum of media.

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