They Are Not Us

Framing of American Indians by the Boston Globe

Bibliographic Data

ID7500129
AuthorsAutumn Miller (corresponding author), Susan Dente Ross
Year2004
Volume15
Issue4
Pages245-259
Publication date2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHoward Journal of Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1064-6175 • E-ISSN: 1096-4649
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10646170490521716
OpenAlexW2050688712
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited35

This framing analysis of news, feature, and editorial texts identified the frames used to depict American Indians in the Boston Globe from 1999–2001. The results suggest that stereotypical good and bad Indian depictions are less frequent than in turn-of-the-century media but emerge more subtly through frames of degraded and historic relic Indians. Thus, whereas contemporary mores have produced a newspaper largely devoid of the most flagrant narratives of denigration that prevailed a century ago, today's newspaper continues to de-humanize and silence American Indians as it gives voice to the dominant culture. Furthermore, differences among the frames across story types support theories that structure and organization influence content frames

Aesthetics · Art · Framing (construction · Globe · Literature · Media studies · Mores · Narrative · News media · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics · History · Law

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