Miya Williams Fayne
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miya Williams Fayne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miya Williams |
| FAMILY NAME | Fayne |
| SIGNATURE | FAYNE M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2620-3944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
JournalismStudiesSoWhite: Evidence of epistemological bias and gatekeeping of scholars of color in journalism studies
White, Western, and men-centered positionalities are well established in academia, but the scope of this influence and the mechanisms that help maintain it are underexplored in subdisciplines like journalism studies. Our two-part study assesses the barriers scholars face in the field. We utilize a mixed-methods approach to assess 1) representation patterns within scholarship production considering how race/ethnicity and gender appear in both auth…
Conquering the Covid-19 Infodemic: How the Digital Black Press Battled Racialized Misinformation in 2020
In 2020, as many Black people around the world fought both anti-Black racism and COVID-19, the Black press in the US was dealing with another widespread problem: an infodemic. Editors of Black digital publications were on the frontlines of dispelling racialized misinformation about COVID-19, all while reporting on a contentious presidential election, ongoing protests for racial justice, and a rising COVID-19 death toll that disproportionately aff…
Intended and Unintended Visitors: Evidencing the Audience for Digital Black Press Outlets
Historically, the Black press has primarily targeted the African American audience, yet the increased accessibility of these outlets via digital media raises the question of who comprises the Black press audience online. Via an analysis of web metrics, I find that the non-Black audience for the digital Black press is larger than the Black audience. Also, interviews with Black press journalists and focus groups with Black press consumers, evidence…
Unique Motivations of the Underserved: Exploring Repertoire, Self-Identified, and Topical News Avoidance Among Black Adults
News Coping and Resistance: An Examination of Entertainment as Self-Care in the Digital Black Press
Scholarship on the mainstream press in the United States has argued that in the new media age, consumers prefer entertainment while journalists prefer hard news—yet digital Black press journalists and readers value both types of content. In the Black press, entertainment is produced and consumed as an alternative to mainstream media's often unfavorable hard news coverage of African Americans. The race-based trauma that African Americans experienc…
Reporting on Black Lives Matter in 2020: How Digital Black Press Outlets Covered the Racial Uprisings
George Floyd’s fatal police encounter sparked the largest social justice movement in American history. Black press journalists in the United States found themselves documenting and coping with Black trauma as they performed their duties in pandemic-mandated isolation. Through semi-structured interviews with digital Black press journalists, this study, which was conducted between 2020 and 2021, explores the reporting and personal strategies these …
Advocacy journalism in the 21st century: Rethinking entertainment in digital Black press outlets
The Black press is often conceptualized as an advocacy press, but in the current digital environment, in which there are numerous entertainment-focused outlets, what exactly constitutes advocacy is fraught. Perceptions of advocacy, which have previously been associated with hard news content, are broadening to accommodate the entertainment content on Black news websites. Informed by interviews with journalists and focus groups with readers, this …
The Great Digital Migration: Exploring What Constitutes the Black Press Online
Scholars have previously conceptualized the Black press as print publications that are owned and managed by African Americans, targeting a Black audience and advocating for the Black community. This study investigates how online producers of Black news are troubling previous definitions of the Black press. Websites that target African American readers but are owned by White media companies and Black-targeted websites that primarily produce entert…
Advocacy journalism in the 21st century: Rethinking entertainment in digital Black press outlets
The Black press is often conceptualized as an advocacy press, but in the current digital environment, in which there are numerous entertainment-focused outlets, what exactly constitutes advocacy is fraught. Perceptions of advocacy, which have previously been associated with hard news content, are broadening to accommodate the entertainment content on Black news websites. Informed by interviews with journalists and focus groups with readers, this …
The Great Digital Migration: Exploring What Constitutes the Black Press Online
Scholars have previously conceptualized the Black press as print publications that are owned and managed by African Americans, targeting a Black audience and advocating for the Black community. This study investigates how online producers of Black news are troubling previous definitions of the Black press. Websites that target African American readers but are owned by White media companies and Black-targeted websites that primarily produce entert…
Reporting on Black Lives Matter in 2020: How Digital Black Press Outlets Covered the Racial Uprisings
George Floyd’s fatal police encounter sparked the largest social justice movement in American history. Black press journalists in the United States found themselves documenting and coping with Black trauma as they performed their duties in pandemic-mandated isolation. Through semi-structured interviews with digital Black press journalists, this study, which was conducted between 2020 and 2021, explores the reporting and personal strategies these …
News Coping and Resistance: An Examination of Entertainment as Self-Care in the Digital Black Press
Scholarship on the mainstream press in the United States has argued that in the new media age, consumers prefer entertainment while journalists prefer hard news—yet digital Black press journalists and readers value both types of content. In the Black press, entertainment is produced and consumed as an alternative to mainstream media's often unfavorable hard news coverage of African Americans. The race-based trauma that African Americans experienc…
The Great Digital Migration: Exploring What Constitutes the Black Press Online
Scholars have previously conceptualized the Black press as print publications that are owned and managed by African Americans, targeting a Black audience and advocating for the Black community. This study investigates how online producers of Black news are troubling previous definitions of the Black press. Websites that target African American readers but are owned by White media companies and Black-targeted websites that primarily produce entert…
Advocacy journalism in the 21st century: Rethinking entertainment in digital Black press outlets
The Black press is often conceptualized as an advocacy press, but in the current digital environment, in which there are numerous entertainment-focused outlets, what exactly constitutes advocacy is fraught. Perceptions of advocacy, which have previously been associated with hard news content, are broadening to accommodate the entertainment content on Black news websites. Informed by interviews with journalists and focus groups with readers, this …
News Coping and Resistance: An Examination of Entertainment as Self-Care in the Digital Black Press
Scholarship on the mainstream press in the United States has argued that in the new media age, consumers prefer entertainment while journalists prefer hard news—yet digital Black press journalists and readers value both types of content. In the Black press, entertainment is produced and consumed as an alternative to mainstream media's often unfavorable hard news coverage of African Americans. The race-based trauma that African Americans experienc…
Reporting on Black Lives Matter in 2020: How Digital Black Press Outlets Covered the Racial Uprisings
George Floyd’s fatal police encounter sparked the largest social justice movement in American history. Black press journalists in the United States found themselves documenting and coping with Black trauma as they performed their duties in pandemic-mandated isolation. Through semi-structured interviews with digital Black press journalists, this study, which was conducted between 2020 and 2021, explores the reporting and personal strategies these …
Conquering the Covid-19 Infodemic: How the Digital Black Press Battled Racialized Misinformation in 2020
In 2020, as many Black people around the world fought both anti-Black racism and COVID-19, the Black press in the US was dealing with another widespread problem: an infodemic. Editors of Black digital publications were on the frontlines of dispelling racialized misinformation about COVID-19, all while reporting on a contentious presidential election, ongoing protests for racial justice, and a rising COVID-19 death toll that disproportionately aff…
Intended and Unintended Visitors: Evidencing the Audience for Digital Black Press Outlets
Historically, the Black press has primarily targeted the African American audience, yet the increased accessibility of these outlets via digital media raises the question of who comprises the Black press audience online. Via an analysis of web metrics, I find that the non-Black audience for the digital Black press is larger than the Black audience. Also, interviews with Black press journalists and focus groups with Black press consumers, evidence…
Unique Motivations of the Underserved: Exploring Repertoire, Self-Identified, and Topical News Avoidance Among Black Adults
JournalismStudiesSoWhite: Evidence of epistemological bias and gatekeeping of scholars of color in journalism studies
White, Western, and men-centered positionalities are well established in academia, but the scope of this influence and the mechanisms that help maintain it are underexplored in subdisciplines like journalism studies. Our two-part study assesses the barriers scholars face in the field. We utilize a mixed-methods approach to assess 1) representation patterns within scholarship production considering how race/ethnicity and gender appear in both auth…
Media Studies and Communication (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Journalism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Entertainment (3 works)