Journal article
They Are Not Us: Framing of American Indians by the Boston Globe
The Howard journal of communications, Vol.15(4), pp.245-259
10/01/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113188
Abstract
This framing analysis of news, feature, and editorial texts identified the frames used to depict American Indians in the Boston Globe from 1999-2001. The results suggest that stereotypical good and bad Indian depictions are less frequent than in turn-of-the-century media but emerge more subtly through frames of degraded and historic relic Indians. Thus, whereas contemporary mores have produced a newspaper largely devoid of the most flagrant narratives of denigration that prevailed a century ago, today's newspaper continues to de-humanize and silence American Indians as it gives voice to the dominant culture. Furthermore, differences among the frames across story types support theories that structure and organization influence content frames.
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- Title
- They Are Not Us: Framing of American Indians by the Boston Globe
- Creators
- Autumn Miller - Edward R. Murrow School of CommunicationSusan Dente Ross - Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
- Publication Details
- The Howard journal of communications, Vol.15(4), pp.245-259
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900547716201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article