Opening the Sports Closet-PDF by Tracy Everbach on Scribd
Research on gender, race and media
Friday, September 30, 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Focusing
on the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, this study examined the framing of mainstream
newspaper coverage of social media activism in the aftermath of the 2014 police
shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. People of color primarily used
the hashtag to draw attention to what they perceived as negative stereotypes
perpetuated by the news media. The study employed a textual analysis of news
coverage followed by semi-structured interviews with hashtag-protest
participants. The analysis found that the mainstream media followed news
production rituals by relying primarily on elite, established sources and
generally ignoring the social media protestors’ voices. The social media
protestors who used the hashtag said they employed it to bypass the mainstream
media, and this research indicates they may well have done so and possibly reached
a younger generation that relies more on social media than legacy media.
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown by Tracy Everbach on Scribd
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Monica Lewinsky and Shame
This study examines mainstream newspaper coverage of Monica Lewinsky in 1998, the year her relationship with President Bill Clinton came to public light. It looks at how a private citizen became a media phenomenon and takes into account Lewinsky's 2015 TED Talk, in which she discussed her public shaming. The analysis of 175 articles in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times showed that Lewinsky was among the first viral internet sensations. As she noted in her talk 17 years later, the news media exploited and shamed her, speculating about her life to an extent that no other private figure had endured. The news frames used by the newspapers reflected stereotypical shaming narratives about sexualized women who do not conform to the traditional, passive role prescribed by the dominant patriarchal ideology. Lewinsky was portrayed solely in the context of her association with men. The newspapers also portrayed feminists as a homogeneous group that was hypocritical in its responses.
Monica Lewinsky and Shame by Tracy Everbach on Scribd
Friday, January 2, 2015
Media coverage of Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 vice-presidential bid
This qualitative, interpretive study
examines New York Times coverage of
Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate in the United States,
during the 1984 presidential election. Using previously established frames, the
analysis finds that The New York Times
treated Ferraro as a viable vice presidential candidate, not solely as a female
candidate. Some stories about Ferraro veered into Italian-American ethnic
stereotypes when they focused on questions about her husband’s finances. Although
the 1984 stories published by the Times
overall showed promise that political women would move forward, the study also
finds that Ferraro’s prediction that “American women never again will be
second-class citizens” did not hold true, even 13 years into the 21st
century. In fact, mainstream media coverage of vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin 24 years later and of other political women such as Hillary Clinton
reveals that hegemonic masculinity in politics is firmly entrenched.
Media Coverage of Geraldine Ferraro by Tracy Everbach on Scribd
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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