The White Racial Frame in Sport Media

Framing of Donald Trump and LaVar Ball's Public Feud Following the Ucla Basketball Player Arrests in China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2349352
AutoresRyan Turcott (0000-0003-3708-2401, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Jules Boykoff (0000-0002-6313-0684, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, USA)
Año2022
Volumen46
Número1
Páginas25-50
Fecha de publicación2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723520962953
OpenAlexW3091856642
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas47

This article utilizes the 'white racial frame' to analyze the sport media coverage of the public feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and basketball celebrity entrepreneur, LaVar Ball. The feud originated in November 2017, when LaVar's son-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) player LiAngelo Ball-was detained in Hangzhou, China, for shoplifting along with two of his UCLA teammates. After some tense moments, the three players were released and flown back to the United States. The U.S. President Donald Trump took credit, leading to a prolonged, prickly exchange with LaVar Ball. This article analyzes six major U.S. newspapers and six sports-specific outlets that covered the Trump-Ball feud. First, we identify the predominant frames that appeared in coverage. Second, we track whose views were included in the news and how sourcing inflected the appearance of particular frames. The incident highlights how racialized language-if coded and dog whistled-enters public discussion through the lens of sport. It also highlights the role of social media, especially Twitter, in influencing news production

Advertising · Basketball · China · Democracy · Feud · Framing (construction · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society