Category Archives: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Goodbye, Gender Stereotypes? Trait Attributions to Politicians in 11 Years of News Coverage

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In this study, we examine gender differences in political news coverage to determine whether the media employ stereotypical traits in portrayals of 1,095 U.S. politicians. Using a sample of ove… Continue reading Goodbye, Gender Stereotypes? Trait Attributions to Politicians in 11 Years of News Coverage→

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Social Semiotic Study of Visuals in The New York Times and The Washington Post

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In this social semiotic analysis, we examined visuals of Rohingya refugees in two U.S. newspapers: The New York Times and The Washington Post. We identified prominent tropes and themes exemplif… Continue reading The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Social Semiotic Study of Visuals in The New York Times and The Washington Post→

Online Harassment and Hate Among Media Professionals: Reactions to One’s Own and Others’ Victimization

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study investigated the experiences of Finnish media professionals with online harassment. Participants (N = 695) answered a survey including questions concerning their experiences with onl… Continue reading Online Harassment and Hate Among Media Professionals: Reactions to One’s Own and Others’ Victimization→

An Obscured View of “Both Sides”: Default Whiteness and the Protest Paradigm in Television News Coverage of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The violence surrounding the 2017 Unite the Right rally challenged journalists with ambiguities from a euphemistic language like “alt-right” to describe White supremacy, to President Trump’s “v… Continue reading An Obscured View of “Both Sides”: Default Whiteness and the Protest Paradigm in Television News Coverage of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally→

The Barack Benefit? A Content Analysis of How News Coverage of America’s First African American Presidential Family Alters the Overall Presentation of Blacks in News

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Ahead of Print. A content analysis of over 1-year worth of online news coverage was undertaken to assess the impact of the election of Barack Obama, America’s first Black President, on the overall portrayal of… Continue reading The Barack Benefit? A Content Analysis of How News Coverage of America’s First African American Presidential Family Alters the Overall Presentation of Blacks in News→