How Media Shapes our View of People of Color in Society

The massive amounts of negative media based around one race (particularly Black people), has divided our society into a predator versus prey ...

As a way to increase awareness about racism in the media, research was conducted to showcase the many ways racism is perpetuated against Black people ...

How Racial Stereotypes in Popular Media Affect People

Popular media can have a negative impact on whites' perceptions of people of color and racial stereotypes in film and television can exacerbate preexisting ...

Unpacking How Media Influences Our Views on Racism

Structural racism in modern media is pernicious, and resolving it will require honest discussions, a more diverse workforce, and a confrontation ...

Majority of Black Americans see racist or negative depictions ... - PBS

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities ...

Black Americans' Experiences With News - Pew Research Center

Black Americans see a range of problems with how Black people are covered in the news. Almost two-thirds of Black adults (63%) say news ...

The Media Effect and the Implications for Racial Minority Groups

of news media over reporting crimes committed by people of color ... never taken seriously by the audience which can unconsciously influence society's perception ...

The Pervasiveness Of Racism And Bias In The Media - Forbes

... Black people reside. ... We must be vigilant about calling out these inequities because of the direct impact that the media has in shaping our ...

Representation of Diversity in Media – Overview - MediaSmarts

In mass media, under-representation behind the scenes generally results in under-representation on the screen, but it can also contribute to stereotyping as the ...

Race and Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media

A related concept is symbolic annihilation, which refers to how groups of individuals are often not just distorted and trivialized but might ...

News Media Spreads Myths about Black Families - Color of Change

Across all media categories, the report documented how news and opinion media outlets systemically and inaccurately portray Black families as more poor, ...

The evolution of Black representation on television

With the influx of cable networks and digital platforms such as Netflix, there are more opportunities for people to engage with different and ...

8 facts about Black Americans and the news | Pew Research Center

Black Americans are more likely than White Americans to get news from certain social media sites. The shares of Black adults who say they ...

Young Men of Color in the Media: Images and Impacts

media) also exert significant influences on persons of color. As all of these paths of influence converge to affect the life experiences and life chances of ...

Race and ethnicity in the media: why representation matters

Such stereotypes promote a narrow understanding of those communities. This has the knock-on effect of contributing to real-life racism and discrimination. Why ...

How Can the Media Improve Representations of Diverse Identities?

Representation of diverse racial and ethnic groups, and sexual and gender identities in media is critically important to more accurately reflect the ...

Media use and the development of racial attitudes among U.S. youth

We now return to our initial question: Does frequent exposure to mainstream media, which tends to under- and misrepresent people of color, lead ...

Media as Social Influence: Racial Differences in the Effects of Peers ...

Multiple group analyses indicated that, once again, the effects (both direct and indirect) were much stronger for White adolescents than for Black adolescents.

Media Portrayals and Black Male Outcomes - The Opportunity Agenda

In the world as portrayed by the media, life is lived primarily by white (or other non-black) people, with black males, more or less sympathetic, in the ...

A Dangerous Distortion of Our Families - Color of Change

Prior research has suggested that the news media in the past have overrepresented poor people as being Black. Our research confirms this: news and opinion media ...