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Racialized Coverage of Congress: The News in Black and White

by David Niven PhD (Author), Jeremy Zilber (Author)
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This examination of the causes, severity, and implications of racially stereotyped media coverage of Congress incorporates original analysis of congressional media coverage and interviews with congressional press staff. The news media often portray African-American members as being primarily interested in race, overly concerned with local matters, and wielding little legislative influence. By contrast, the images African-American members attempt to project of themselves are more complex and comprehensive than the images the media communicate. The authors offer a psychological explanation for this phenomenon, the Distribution Effect, in which those who are numerically rare in an occupation tend to be lumped together rather than treated as individuals. Their findings suggest that it is the media, rather than members of Congress, who are responsible for the racialized images that appear regularly in the press. This results in an advantage for white incumbents trying to attract votes but presents an obstacle to be overcome for African-American politicians.

This study will appeal to political science, media studies, and racial studies scholars. It incorporates content analysis of the newest forum of communication, congressional Internet web sites, to disclose how white and African-American representatives in fact have similar media priorities.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0275968413
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0275968410
  3. Publisher
    Praeger
  4. Publication date
    June 30, 2000
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  7. Print length
    160 pages
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"Jeremy Zilber and David Niven have provided us with a refreshing look at stereotypes--specifically the stereotype of African American members of Congress. The superficial image of these Congressional members, Zilber and Niven maintain, is mainly the result of the media themselves. The book shows that the reality of black congressmen is far more sophisticated and complex than the largely negative one depicted by the press. Professors Zilber and Niven have given us an engrossing and valuable view of the roots of racial stereotyping in American journalism."-John Merrill Professor Emeritus of Journalism University of Missouri author of Journalism Ethics

"Racialized Coverage of Congress: The News in Black and White reveals the harsh truth about how the mainstream media can't get beyond race when they cover Congress. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the truth behind the headlines."-Corrine Brown (D-FL) Representative Member of Congress

"Zilber and Niven provide us with a valuable contribution on the subject of the role of race in news coverage today. By inventive, thoughtful and thorough research on how legislators try to present themselves, how reporters respond and the news itself, their conclusions offer much more light than heat. Their results are thought-provoking, even startling. Although African-American and white members of Congress aim at the same image and share similar goals, their coverage in the news is remarkably different, with African-American legislators being shown more negatively and as more parochial. Most instructively, Zilber and Niven go well beyond the usual calls for diversifying the press corps and suggest useful correctives for journalists, legislators and the public."-Timothy Cook Professor of Political Science Williams College author of Governing With the News and Making Laws and Making News

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About the Author

JEREMY ZILBER teaches American politics, media, public opinion, and campaigns courses at the College of William and Mary.

DAVID NIVEN teaches American politics, media, campaigns, and women and politics courses at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of The Missing Majority: The Recruitment of Women as State Legislative Candidates (Praeger, 1998).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Praeger (June 30, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0275968413
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0275968410
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1520L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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Unlike the previous reviewer whose reviews have been consistently one-sided (bashing Democrats, bashing anti-Bush people, and bashing African American scholarly work), I strongly encourage serious students of politics to pick up this book. This book discusses how the media gives differential treatment to white and African American congressional members, in particular, how the media wants to portray them (It's called "framing" in academia.) Even though African American politicians focus on some other issue areas, the media erroneously portrays them to be one dimensional, i.e. only focusing on race issues. The authors use rich statistical data, and interviews to back up their argument. So far, this is one of only a few books that focus on African American congressional members and the role of media in framing them. It is worth reading.

Unlike the previous reviewer, I did not find any "foul language" at all. This is a serious scholarly work and be reviewed as such.
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The book is written for a 10 year old. It makes no comparitive or analogis explanations for it's points. I like the subject but I really did not want to spend the money or take the time to read a commic book! Additionally, I could live without the foul language found throughout the book.
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