American Indians and the Media: Neglect and Stereotype

Murphy, Sharon

doi:10.1080/00947679.1979.12066911

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“…This notion of an "American superiority" appeared in most of the interviewees' statements and comments. This finding is consistent with previous research documenting unfair representation of minority groups, particularly indigenous Indian Americans (Bird, 1999;Hanson & Rouse, 1987;Murphy, 1979;Van Dijk, 1991;Weston, 1996). At times of crises, American journalists are expected to express ethno-centric biases, and to defend national interests and security of the United States (Bloom, 1990;Gans, 1979).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Gratifying the “Self” by Demonizing the “Other”

Taha

2014

Sage Open

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This qualitative study examines the U.S. media portrayals of African, Arab, and Islamic countries and sheds light on the response to these portrayals by a number of international students (Africans, Arabs, and Asians) in a middle-sized public university in the United States. The study uses Foucault’s power–knowledge constructs, Bhabha’s cultural difference, Bakhtin’s heteroglossia, and Said’s Orientalism as well the framing theory as a conceptual framework. It concludes that negative U.S. media portrayals of Africans, Arabs, and Asians were based on an Orientalist discourse and elicited negative reaction from the African, Arab, and Asian respondents.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Gratifying the “Self” by Demonizing the “Other”

Taha

2014

Sage Open

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“…Euro-American media and pop culture have objectified American Indians (Bird, 1999;Hanson & Rouse, 1987;Hatt, 1997;Merskin, 1998;Miller & Ross, 2004;Morris & Stuckey, 1998;J. E. Murphy & Avery, 1983;S. Murphy, 1979;Sanchez & Stuckey, 2000).…”

Section: American Indian Identitymentioning

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“…Three frames have dominated in the media: the generic Indian, the Indian as ''Other,'' and the good=bad Indian (Berkhofer, 1978). For the purposes of this study, one frame in particular, the ''historic relic'' frame, describes well what many critical cultural scholars call the White man's Indian identity (Bataille & Silet, 1980;Miller & Ross, 2004;S. Murphy, 1979), encompassing elements of the generic Indian, Indian as the Other, and good=bad Indian frames.…”

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Gambling with Identity: Self-Representation of American Indians on Official Tribal Websites

Cuillier

Ross

2007

Howard Journal of Communications

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“…When they are covered, the way the media frames the issues may be more harmful than helpful, as they often reinforce problematic stereotypes about Native Americans (Eason et al 2018; a Organized by date. Fryberg et al 2008;Murphy 1979;Weston 1996). While Alia and Bull (2005) argue that the media is not just a driver of stereotypes but can also challenge these stereotypes, they assert that mass media largely continue to operate with racist tendencies, negatively reinforcing public opinion about minority groups.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other studies have highlighted the pervasiveness of stereotyping of American Indians in news and print media over time (Murphy 1979;Weston 1996). Weston, in particular, argues that media perpetuations of inaccurate stereotypes often result from limitations in reporting and information gathering.…”

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How the media framed the COVID‐19 crisis on Native Nations: A case comparison of The New York Times and the Navajo Times

Camarillo,

Kunze,

Pollard

2023

Social Science Quarterly

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ObjectiveThis article examines how the limited national media reporting covered the pandemic in American Indian communities across the United States, specifically the Diné (Navajo) Nation, and whether and how this coverage differs from American Indian news sources.MethodsThis article compares coverage related to COVID‐19 by The New York Times (NYT) with coverage by the Navajo Times (NT), a Diné newspaper. The authors compiled their own database of news‐based articles published by the NYT and the NT covering the pandemic and its impact on Native Nations between January 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, and conducted a comparative content analysis of these articles.ResultsWhile coverage was limited, the NYT articles highlight social inequities that settler colonialism and federal Indian law have fostered in the past and present, the cultural backdrop, which contributed to greater adverse impacts from COVID‐19. However, coverage differs from the NT in important ways, particularly when considering the distinction between the Navajo Nation as a bureaucratic entity versus the Diné people, the framing of Native peoples as adaptive, and Indigenous investment in future creation.ConclusionsThe NT was more nuanced in its coverage of stories of the impact of COVID‐19 on American Indian communities as compared to the NYT.

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American Indians and the Media: Neglect and Stereotype

Cited by 6 publications

References 1 publication

Gratifying the “Self” by Demonizing the “Other”

Gratifying the “Self” by Demonizing the “Other”

Gambling with Identity: Self-Representation of American Indians on Official Tribal Websites

How the media framed the COVID‐19 crisis on Native Nations: A case comparison of The New York Times and the Navajo Times

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