A Racial Discrepancy In The News Media

Media coverage of news events can be disseminated to the general public in any number of different ways and media biases often “reflects certain organizational and/or professional preferences or values” (Bennett 2011, 173). In fact, Lundman (2003) points out “that journalists assess the newsworthiness of homicides occurrences using the relative frequency of particular types of murders and how well specific murder occurrences mesh with stereotypical race and gender typifications (357).” In addition, Johnson (2012) felt that the real job of media was to “create a message that…grabs public attention (62).” In other words, can the media grab the public’s attention and hold it?

Race in the media is a very sensitive issue now a days. When it comes to minorities we can still see that the media portrays us in a bad light. The image of blacks in the American media has changed over the past two decades with the civil rights movement, changes in attitudes towards minority groups, and increased sensitivity on the part of those who and project these images. An examination of the image of Blacks in the articles and advertisements to show attitudes subtly represented, and these attitudes can be linked to historical and social realities of the time.

The problem of the 21st Century is the problem of the color line: Mass Media and Systemic Racism

"Although a White guy going on a mass shooting is made such a big event because it happens so rarely. Blacks commit mass shootings everyday in every major US city.” This is a section from an article in the Los Angeles Times. No one likes to see hate crimes like this. In my opinion, it stirs up hate in ourselves, a desire to strike back with a fatal blow to whomever is shaming our pride and honor. We want to feel justified, so we make hasty conclusions to cover our

Recently I saw a post online, that really opened my eyes and made me think, The post was speaking about racial bias in the media, The post talks about how the media portrayed Nikolas Cruz the recent mass school shooter as a kid with a mental illness. But it also showed how when the news speaks about african american shooters in the media they never give them a second look or give them any consideration they are automatically seen as “thugs” Is this an example of how African american suspects are treated differently than white suspects? I think so. Why does the media portray white suspects in a better light than African American suspects? Could this show how our world and society is stuck in a racist way of thinking and living?. Another example of how African American suspects are treated unfairly and differently than white suspects is the recent news story of Stephon Clark. In this news story it talks about , Stephon Clark who was an unarmed black man. Who was shot eight times by police officers in his backyard. Only because the police officers were suspicious that he was doing something wrong. When, he didn't do anything wrong at all. Yet, the police officers still took his life away. How is this fair? If we compare this story to the recent story of nikolas cruz, how is

The shootings of Michael Brown in Fergusson Missouri and Akai Gurley in New York have evolved into a national issue, complete with conflicting individual evaluations, blame narratives and definitions of racism. In such “racial events”, the tendency for Americans to offer their individualistic analysis blends with the already racialized American culture resulting in a mixture of individual evaluations and widespread claims regarding racial groups as well as institutional liberties and detriments of the various racial groups. However, this process has served more, to reinforce the flawed conceptualizations of race and racism, rather than address the main problem. In this paper a comparison of two news commentary articles on the issues arising from the Fergusson shooting is presented.

The media has double standards for who commits the crimes. Think about it, when that kid shot up the black church in the beginning of summer it was rightfully labeled as a race issue; but when a muslim shoots eleven Christians in Oregon the gun is completely responsible. Another good comparison would be the Charleston shooter and the muslim who shot up the marine recruitment office. The day before the recruitment office got shot up ISIS tweeted about dead marines, but he was considered a “lone wolf,” while the Charleston shooter, who was an actual lone psychopath, represents everyone who is white, Christian, and lives in the south. Or how come when a black person gets killed by a cop we see Oboma address him, riots, looting, and white people being targeted. But if a cop or soldier killed in the line of duty is killed no one bats an eye. All of these examples lead to copycat killings, when a cop is shot in the line of duty it inspires other trash to kill cops. Just this summer we had eleven cops killed by ambush methods. Changing the media to promote the murderers less and the heroes more is the first step in helping to stop mass

First, it is important to see just how bad black victims are represented in the media as opposed to white suspects or killers. In Alabama, 2010, Amy Bishop, who at the time worked at the University of Alabama, shot and killed three colleagues and further wounded another three because her job was coming to an end. How she was represented in the media however was not as a cold blooded killer, rather the headline stated “Ala. Shooting Suspect Brilliant, But Social Misfit” (Anon, 2015). Whereas black victims are often slandered, a headline announcing the murder of Gregory Allen Ross read “Police: Slain Lakeland Teen Had Been Shot Before; Death Possibly Drug-Related” (Allen, 2014) the following media accounts thought it was relevant to tell the world about his past arrests and the fact that he had been shot before as what could only be their uninformed guess at why he was murdered, despite none of these details bearing any relevance to the story or the situation. This may seem almost unbelievable, nut it is happening every day in the United States of America.

Racial bias is a prevalent trend in today’s media, and white people are favored in comparison to any other race. Seemingly every aspect of mass media is soaked in bias. Oftentimes, this leaves out minorities

The media makes the nation feel guilty and sympathetic towards the family of the victim, and feel hatred and loath towards the family of the accused. However, if it were two African Americans that were the victim and culprit, the media would never report the story, let alone have it as a headline. After the murder of Trayvon Martin, the public exploded in rage, demanding justice for the Martin family. President Obama stated that if he were to have a son, he would look like Trayvon Martin. Yet, when another young African American was in the headlines, the same could not be said. The media made the nation biased by only reporting what they knew would erupt America into a

This is where lunacy and racist meet to form an abomination not suitable to be seen by human eyes. Ann Coulter coughs up this nonsensical argument from out of thin air. She references a few headlines for her evidence to show that the media is attacking the white race especially males. This is questionable evidence at best though because there is no sourcing or any sort of mention as to where these headlines are coming from. A quick google search about the motives of the Las Vegas shooter will chaperon no articles expressing the belief that white males are responsible for the violence in

This article begins by reviewing the literature highlighting the ways crime news typically reinforces stereotypes of blacks and other nonwhites, particularly Latinos, and contributes to more generalized racial biases. Media stereotypes consist of recurring messages that associate persons of color with traits, behaviors, and values generally considered undesirable, inferior, or dangerous. In terms of speaking about crime coverage, there is considerable evidence that media portray blacks and Latinos as criminal and violent. These images matter because they are a central component in the on going cycle by which the media adds racial and ethnic misunderstanding and negative associations are reproduced, and end up in predictable influences in the criminal-justice process.

During the process of producing a television series, the demand for the producers to introduce their characters with only their highlighted traits make it impossible for viewers to gain a deep understanding of the community that the characters represent. One of the stereotypic traits that is usually seen on movies and television shows is societal difference that each race is placed into. Michael Omi in his article In Living Color: Race and American Culture stated that “in contemporary television and film, there is a tendency to present and equate racial minority groups and individuals with specific social problems” (546). There are many films and television shows found today that ground racial minorities into a specific social problems that are related to the color of their skin. It can be inferred from the current popular culture that this stereotype still persists.

Media bias is a topic that has been in great focus of many political leaders over the past few presidential elections. However, what many people fail to see is that media bias has been around since the beginning of major news companies. Most Americans do not know what media bias is or how to identify it. That stated many people have noticed that most news stations are biased towards one religion, political party or even gender. This has been like this for decades however has become much more prominent during major wars, the great depression and many social and political reforms such as the industrial era or the civil rights era. However the type of bias has been shifted mostly from a war focus and the focus on exposing corruption to

The definition of race is often based on physical characteristics such as skin color, hair texture and eye shape. Race is both a set of genetically defined biological characteristics and culturally defined characteristics. One influence on culture is the media and the media have a huge influence on the way different races are viewed by society. The media consists of communication devices and some media forms include television, newspapers, magazines, film and radio. Misrepresent can be defined as to give a false or misleading representation with an intent to deceive or be unfair.