Priming Implicit Racism in Television News
Visual and Verbal Limitations on Diversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7494266 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Sonnett (0000-0003-4091-378X, University of Mississippi, corresponding author), Kirk A Johnson (0000-0002-4463-8685, Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Mississippi P.O. Box 1848 University Mississippi 38677‐1848), Mark K Dolan (Meek School of Journalism and New Media University of Mississippi P. O. Box 1848 University Mississippi 38677‐1848) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 328-347 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0884-8971 • E-ISSN: 1573-7861 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/socf.12165 |
| OpenAlex | W1497734282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 72 |
We highlight an understudied aspect of racism in television news, implicit racial cues found in the contradictions between visual and verbal messages. We compare three television news broadcasts from the first week after Hurricane Katrina to reexamine race and representation during the disaster. Drawing together insights from interdisciplinary studies of cognition and sociological theories of race and racism, we examine how different combinations of the race of reporters and news sources relate to the priming of implicit racism. We find racial cues that are consistent with stereotypes and myths about African Americans—even in broadcasts featuring black reporters—but which appear only in the context of color‐blind verbal narration. We conclude by drawing attention to the unexpected and seemingly unintended reproduction of racial ideology
Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Ideology · Linguistics · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Priming (agriculture · Race (biology · Racism · Representation (politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |