TY - JOUR
T1 - The Problem With Protests: Emotional Effects of Race-Related News Media
AU - Stamps, David
AU - Mastro, Dana
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - It is well documented that news media’s coverage of social unrest is sensationalized; however, our knowledge is limited in understanding how the intersection of race with depictions of social unrest influences emotional responses to this content. By applying assumptions from the protest paradigm and intergroup emotions theory, the current set of studies experimentally examines this relationship. Results indicate that racialized news images of dramatized social unrest provoke heightened, complex group-based affective responses that vary based on aspects of psychological group identification among audiences. These outcomes suggest that journalistic practices, whether or not intentionally, may exacerbate race relations regarding social change.
AB - It is well documented that news media’s coverage of social unrest is sensationalized; however, our knowledge is limited in understanding how the intersection of race with depictions of social unrest influences emotional responses to this content. By applying assumptions from the protest paradigm and intergroup emotions theory, the current set of studies experimentally examines this relationship. Results indicate that racialized news images of dramatized social unrest provoke heightened, complex group-based affective responses that vary based on aspects of psychological group identification among audiences. These outcomes suggest that journalistic practices, whether or not intentionally, may exacerbate race relations regarding social change.
UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077699019891433
U2 - 10.1177/1077699019891433
DO - 10.1177/1077699019891433
M3 - Article
VL - 97
SP - 617
EP - 643
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - Issue 3
ER -