Representing Coculturals: On Form and News Portrayals of Native Americans

News values may incorporate journalistic biases that then insinuate themselves into the final news story. This study analyzes form as a news value and studies how regional and local newspapers report on one Native American issue, demonstrating that as currently used in reporting on ethnic cocultures...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Howard journal of communications 2001-04, Vol.12 (2), p.73-84
Main Authors: Perkins, Daniel J, Starosta, William J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indians
Anishinabe Chippewa Native Americans Rhetorical Visions Form Newspapers Bias Critical Discourse Analysis
Bias
Mass Media Effects
Mass Media Images
News Coverage
Rhetoric
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:News values may incorporate journalistic biases that then insinuate themselves into the final news story. This study analyzes form as a news value and studies how regional and local newspapers report on one Native American issue, demonstrating that as currently used in reporting on ethnic cocultures, form as a journalistic bias serves to promote detrimental "rhetorical visions" about the minority community. Considering form as a catalyst, we offer a critical "model" of the following: (1) Who is / is not quoted? (2) Who is / is not given credence by title? (3) Where are those cited positioned within the news reports? (4) Whose ideas are supported (reinforced)/questioned? and (5) Which details are included or excluded? The model portrays how the repetition of the form of the news story focuses the perspective of reporting toward one group and against another.
ISSN:1064-6175
1096-4649
DOI:10.1080/10646170119224