Stereotypes in the News: Media Coverage of African-Americans in Congress

Zilber, Jeremy; Nugent, David

doi:10.1162/108118000568958

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“…As such, and to avoid greatly complicating the analysis with the inclusion of many additional racial pairings and interaction terms, I focus on perceptions of black candidates in this paper and leave the analysis of perceptions of candidates of other races and ethnicities to future research. 7 Zilber and Niven (2000) argue that the media contributes to stereotypical views of African American politicians as being focused on issues of race.…”

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confidence: 99%

From Black and White to Left and Right: Race, Perceptions of Candidates’ Ideologies, and Voting Behavior in U.S. House Elections

Jacobsmeier

2014

Polit Behav

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While there is a strong scholarly consensus that race continues to play a central role in American politics, research on the effects of the race of candidates on electoral behavior has produced decidedly mixed results. Using American National Election Studies data, Cooperative Congressional Election Studies data, and a nonlinear systems of equations approach to estimation, I show that race-based misperceptions of candidates' ideologies have a significant indirect impact on voting decisions in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. The indirect effects of race on voting behavior outweigh any direct effects of racial prejudice by a substantial margin. More specifically, the results suggest that white citizens will tend to perceive black candidates to be more liberal than white candidates who adopt similar policy positions, and that these race-based misperceptions disadvantage black candidates at the ballot box.

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confidence: 99%

From Black and White to Left and Right: Race, Perceptions of Candidates’ Ideologies, and Voting Behavior in U.S. House Elections

Jacobsmeier

2014

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“…Considerably less has been written on race and ethnicity and representational style, even less on the intersection of race, ethnicity, and gender in this area. However, existing research indicates that racial and ethnic minorities (including women) are more likely to emphasize issues related to race in their messages, as well as highlight their own gender, racial, and ethnic identities, as well as those of their constituents (Brown & Gershon, 2016;Canon, 1999;Zilber & Niven, 2000a, 2000b Partisanship may also interact with gender in shaping communication style. Research often suggests there are widely held beliefs regarding the issue expertise of Democrats and Republicans (Petrocik, 1996), with "women's issues" consistently being associated with Democrats.…”

Section: Identity Representation and Communication: Previous Literamentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in Research Using the C-SPAN Archives

Browning¹

2016

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“…Studies have documented differences in media coverage of minorities and White politicians (Zilber & Niven, 2000) including coverage emphasizing the race of minority candidates; increasing discussion of racial issues when minority candidates run; special interest politics; and depicting minority leaders as less effective than Whites (Campbell, 1995;Niven & Zilber, 1998;Rivas-Rodriguez et al, 2004). Outside the political arena, researchers report the media's inclination to ignore minorities or cover them in a negative tone, concentrating on issues such as crime, violence, riots, and social unrest (Avraham, 2003).…”

Section: Racial Stereotypes In News Coveragementioning

confidence: 99%