The Politics of Taking a Knee
Journalist Demographics and Media Analysis of the Colin Kaepernick Protest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6453363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Deeb (0000-0002-5620-0357, Independent Scholar, Peoria, IL, USA), Adam Love (0000-0001-5864-945X, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Peter Crowe (0000-0002-2137-5165, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-228 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785 |
| Publisher | Human Kinetics (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1123/ssj.2022-0201 |
| OpenAlex | W4401428500 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
During the 2016 National Football League season, Colin Kaepernick was the subject of intense media scrutiny as he protested racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem. Given the fact that the sports media is disproportionately dominated by White men, this study analyzed media framing of Kaepernick with particular consideration to the racial demographics of journalists producing media coverage. Our analysis indicates that positive articles (i.e., articles that praised Kaepernick) generally outnumbered negative articles (i.e., articles that criticized Kaepernick), but articles written by White men were significantly more likely to use negative frames, whereas authors of color more frequently framed Kaepernick in a positive way. Ultimately, we conceptualize media coverage of Kaepernick’s protest as a racial project that seeks to either reproduce or subvert meanings associated with race and racism
Demographics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |