Media Gatekeeping and Portrayal of Black Men in America

Bibliographic Data

ID12412841
AuthorsFelix Kumah-Abiwu (0000-0002-7288-5771, Kent State University, OH, USA, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume28
Issue1
Pages64-81
Publication date2019-05-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Men s Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-8265 • E-ISSN: 1933-0251
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1060826519846429
OpenAlexW2946171588
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited40

Black men continue to face many challenges in the United States, but their negative portrayal in the media seems to be one of the pervasive challenges facing them. While “occupying” a huge space in the media landscape, one wonders why such a space has not been adequately used to draw public interest/attention to the problems facing Black men. This dilemma with implications for policy outcomes (action/inaction) deserves further theoretical insight. To explore this, the article draws on the critical race theory and white racial frame with the literature on the social construction of Blackness, Black men, and media gatekeeping to advance the argument that the intersections of race, social structures, and media gatekeepers create incentives for the negative portrayal of Black men

Argument (complex analysis · Critical race theory · Dilemma · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Gatekeeping · Media studies · Political science · Race (biology · Social media · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social and Cultural Dynamics