Thursday, November 3, 2011

Black males and the news

Most news stories about African-American men involve criminal activity and sports. In Pittsburgh, an analysis found that the largest block of news stories involving black men and youth were about crime - 86% of the news broadcasts and 37% of the newspaper stories.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Zebras are racist!

    Why do they have more white stripes!

    That be RAYCIST!

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  2. rjpNovember 3, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Paula Poindext of UT, what a piece ….

    http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=03-04-00806-CV&s=TX&d=40641

    She teaches a course titled: “African Americans and the Media”

    And she is still an associate professor a decade later.
    http://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/paula-poindexter

    CONTACT INFORMATION
    512-471-1971
    paula.poindexter@austin.utexas.edu
    Bldg. CMA, A5.150H
    2504A Whitis Ave., Austin, TX 78712-0115

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