Coverage of Mexico in United States media: Phases of academic scholarship

Rendon, Hector; Johnson, Melissa

doi:10.1177/1748048515601575

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“…In addition, Mexico and the United States share one of the most active borders in the world (Johnson et al, 2009), with ~350 million regular and documented crossings in either direction every year (Mexico Initiatives, 2020). Despite the relevance of the Mexico-U.S. relationship, media representations of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans are understudied (Rendon & Johnson, 2015).…”

Section: Latinx and Hispanic Media Representationsmentioning

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News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics

Rendon

2023

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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This study includes a survey of 1,077 participants to explore the audiences’ perceptions of news representations about the largest minoritized group in the United States: Latinxs and Hispanics. The findings suggest that news exposure, age, ethnicity, education, and income are significant variables for the public to perceive more positive portrayals of Latinxs/Hispanics. Also, some negative stereotypical interpretations of Latinx/Hispanic news frames continue to be pervasive. The results point to the need for updated theoretical approaches focused on the role of media in the minoritization process of ethnoracial populations.

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Section: Latinx and Hispanic Media Representationsmentioning

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“…Despite the relevance of the Mexico–U.S. relationship, media representations of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans are understudied (Rendon & Johnson, 2015).…”

Section: Latinx and Hispanic Media Representationsmentioning

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News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics

Rendon

2023

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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“…The issue of immigration and Latino immigrants as criminal or cultural threats manifests as the most recurring stereotype for Latinos in the context of news (Rendon & Johnson, 2015). For example, Chavez, Whiteford, and Hoewe (2010) found that the majority of news stories regarding Mexican immigration from the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today featured illegal immigration, with crime being the greatest aspect of these stories.…”

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Media Constructions of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

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2019

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication

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Racial stereotypes flood today’s mass media. Researchers investigate these stereotypes’ prevalence, from news to entertainment. Black and Latino stereotypes draw particular concern, especially because they misrepresent these racial groups. From both psychological and sociological perspectives, these misrepresentations can influence how people view their racial group as well as other groups. Furthermore, a racial group’s lack of representation can also reduce the group’s visibility to the general public. Such is the case for Native Americans and Asian Americans. Given mass media’s widespread distribution of black and Latino stereotypes, most research on mediated racial portrayals focuses on these two groups. For instance, while black actors and actresses appear often in prime-time televisions shows, black women appear more often in situational comedies than any other genre. Also, when compared to white actors and actresses, television casts blacks in villainous or despicable roles at a higher rate. In advertising, black women often display Eurocentric features, like straight hair. On the other hand, black men are cast as unemployed, athletic, or entertainers. In sports entertainment, journalists emphasize white athletes’ intelligence and black athletes’ athleticism. In music videos, black men appear threatening and sport dark skin tones. These music videos also sexualize black women and tend to emphasize those with light skin tones. News media overrepresent black criminality and exaggerate the notion that blacks belong to the undeserving poor class. Video games tend to portray black characters as either violent outlaws or athletic. While mass media misrepresent the black population, it tends to both misrepresent and underrepresent the Latino population. When represented in entertainment media, Latinos assume hypersexualized roles and low-occupation jobs. Both news and entertainment media overrepresent Latino criminality. News outlets also overly associate Latino immigration with crime and relate Latino immigration to economic threat. Video games rarely portray Latino characters. Creators may create stereotypic content or fail to fairly represent racial and ethnic groups for a few reasons. First, the ethnic blame discourse in the United States may influence creators’ conscious and unconscious decision-making processes. This discourse contends that the ethnic and racial minorities are responsible for their own problems. Second, since stereotypes appeal to and are easily processed by large general audiences, the misrepresentation of racial and ethnic groups facilitates revenue generation. This article largely discusses media representations of blacks and Latinos and explains the implications of such portrayals.

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Coverage of Mexico in United States media: Phases of academic scholarship

Cited by 4 publications

References 56 publications

News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics

News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics

Media Effects

Media Constructions of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

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