Black and White: Disparity in Coverage by Life Magazine from 1937 to 1972

Sentman, Mary Alice

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“…Another study of magazine portrayals focused just on Life magazine, which aimed to portray the contemporary scene, recording and commenting on the unexpected and mundane in America. Sentman (1983) focused on the magazine's portrayals of the black community between 1937 and 1972. The content analysis of coverage in magazine issues in five-year increments showed that except for 1937, coverage of black everyday life was markedly absent.…”

Section: Literature Review Covering Race In Magazinesmentioning

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Streets and Statues in Black and White: Deconstructing America’s Racial Reality in National Geographic

Daniels

Tait

Fears

2019

SMC

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In March 2018, National Geographic admitted for the first time in its 130-year history that “for decades our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.” In acknowledging that past, it offered a special issue focused on race, which kicked off its yearlong series of reporting, "Diversity in America." This paper offers a textual analysis of two articles that appeared in the April 2018 edition. One article focused on the rising anxiety of White America, apparent in the debate over confederate statues. The second article features streets named for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an offering timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the civil right leader's assassination.

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Section: Literature Review Covering Race In Magazinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Streets and Statues in Black and White: Deconstructing America’s Racial Reality in National Geographic

Daniels

Tait

Fears

2019

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“…B. Johnson, Sears, & McConahay, 1971;Lester, 1992;Martindale, 1986;Pease, 1989;Reynolds, 1994;Roberts, 1971Roberts, , 1975Sentman, 1983). Content analyses suggest that racial imagery in mainstream news can change, sometimes dramatically, even over brief periods.…”

Section: Changes In Depictions Of Blacks By Mainstream News Organizatmentioning

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Change and the Illusion of Change: Evolving Portrayals of Crime News and Blacks in a Major Market

Johnson

Dixon

2008

Howard Journal of Communications

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“…Since 1970, however, most scholarly studies about media coverage of blacks have focused on the portrayal of blacks in magazines and on television (Pride & Clarke, 1973;Roberts, 1975;Sentman, 1983;Stempel, 1971). …”

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Press Coverage of Blacks and the Black Community: the Minority Legislator's Perspective

Sneed

Riffe

Ommeren

1989

Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies

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This mail survey of black elected officials in state legislatures looked at black elected officials' views on white Press coverage of the black community, evaluation of the black elected officials' own relationships with the white Press, and ways that these black elected officials think that the white Press can improve coverage of news about blacks and the black community. Coverage of the black community was seen generally as insensitive, incomplete and inappropriate. The black elected officials endorse increased hiring of black reporters and editors and several other steps aimed at improving black news coverage. Discrimination in coverage was seen as extending beyond crime news, to include education news, business and industry, and news of the professions. These black elected officials felt the white Press favored white officeholders, and the sense of being discriminated against is greatest among black legislators from larger commumties. The study concludes that the Kerner Commission recommendation for improved understanding between blacks and the white-owned

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Black and White: Disparity in Coverage by Life Magazine from 1937 to 1972

Cited by 5 publications

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Streets and Statues in Black and White: Deconstructing America’s Racial Reality in National Geographic

Streets and Statues in Black and White: Deconstructing America’s Racial Reality in National Geographic

Change and the Illusion of Change: Evolving Portrayals of Crime News and Blacks in a Major Market

Press Coverage of Blacks and the Black Community: the Minority Legislator's Perspective

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