Covid-19 and New Mexico Daily Newspaper Coverage of Native American Government Elected Leaders

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ID7572917
AutoresJohn Hickman (0000-0001-9447-7261, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume46
Fascículo3
Data de publicação2023-11-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Indian Culture and Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0161-6463 • E-ISSN: 0161-6463
EditoraCalifornia Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17953/a3.1369
OpenAlexW4388405951
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas8

This empirical content analysis of news coverage by New Mexico’s largest-circulation daily newspapers of Native American leaders before and during the Covid-19pandemic – a total of 1,314 articles – reveals stark disproportionality. Six of the eight dailies increased news coverage of the Navajo Nation president, with the statewide-circulation Albuquerque Journal stepping up its efforts dramatically. Arguably, the state’s Apache presidents and Pueblo governors were subjected to erasure via denial of difference, as the voice of the Navajo Nation president was effectively substituted for those of his Apache and Pueblo counterparts. Recommendations are offered to reduce the problem

Denial · Navajo · Newspaper · Political science · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics