Race In News Research Articles

Time to Pass the Mic: Gender and race in Scotland’s news

Pass the Mic is a project focusing on women of colour in Scottish news, established by Talat Yaqoob. In 2020, funding from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust enabled us to undertake original research to investigate the representation of women of colour in Scottish news, providing baseline evidence for Pass the Mic’s ongoing work with media partners and women-of-colour writers. Focusing on media produced in Scotland with a national audience, we conducted two periods of media monitoring (November 2020, May 2021) to investigate where and how women of colour are represented in Scottish news. Situating this study relative to existing media monitoring projects, we discuss the methodological challenges of codifying gender and race in news. Whilst our finding that women of colour are under-represented in Scottish news is not surprising, in considering how women of colour are represented we point to the tensions of visibility for women of colour, the limited construction of their expertise, and the marginalisation of women of colour’s opinions within stories about Scotland, including when these stories explicitly address racial in/equality.

Media & minorities: the politics of race in news and entertainment

Chapter 1 Reality Television: American Myths and Racial Ideology Part 2 Part I: Racial Minorities in Films and Television Entertainment Chapter 3 Racial Politics in Fictional Media: Films and Television Chapter 4 African Americans in Film and Television Entertainment Chapter 5 Native Americans in Film and Television Entertainment Chapter 6 Hispanics in Film and Television Entertainment Chapter 7 Asian Americans in Film and Television Entertainment Part 8 Part II: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Mass Publics Chapter 9 Representations of Racial-Minority Mass Publics in the News Chapter 10 African American Mass Publics in the News Chapter 11 Native American Mass Publics in the News Chapter 12 Hispanic Mass Publics in the News Chapter 13 Asian American Mass Publics in the News Part 14 Part III: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Social Movements Chapter 15 Social Movements and the Media: An Introduction Chapter 16 The Civil Rights Movement and the Mass Media Chapter 17 Native Americans, Chicanos, and Asian Americans: Social Movements and the Media Part 18 Part IV: News Coverage of Racial-Minority Candidates and Politicians Chapter 19 Media Coverage of Candidates and Politicians: An Introduction Chapter 20 News Coverage of Black Candidates and Politicians Chapter 21 Newspaper Coverage of Native American Candidates and Politicians Chapter 22 Coverage of Hispanic Candidates and Politicians Chapter 23 Newspaper Coverage of Asian American Candidates and Politicians Chapter 24 Conclusion