Examines the causes, severity, and implications of racially stereotyped media coverage of Congress.
Introduction: Race, Media, and Politics
A Choice between Black and White: The Scope of Racialized Coverage
of Congress
Does Race Affect How Members Sell Themselves? A View from the
Hill
"It's True, Isn't It?" The View from the Newsroom
The Electoral Effects of Racialized Coverage
Racialized Media Coverage: Conclusions and Implications
Summary of Results and Implications
Suggestions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
JEREMY ZILBER teaches American politics, media, public opinion,
and campaigns courses at the College of William and Mary.
DAVID NIVEN teaches American politics, media, campaigns, and women
and politics courses at Florida Atlantic University. He is the
author of The Missing Majority: The Recruitment of Women as State
Legislative Candidates (Praeger, 1998).
"Jeremy Zilber and David Niven have provided us with a refreshing
look at stereotypes--specifically the stereotype of African
American members of Congress. The superficial image of these
Congressional members, Zilber and Niven maintain, is mainly the
result of the media themselves. The book shows that the reality of
black congressmen is far more sophisticated and complex than the
largely negative one depicted by the press. Professors Zilber and
Niven have given us an engrossing and valuable view of the roots of
racial stereotyping in American journalism."-John Merrill Professor
Emeritus of Journalism University of Missouri author of Journalism
Ethics
"Racialized Coverage of Congress: The News in Black and White
reveals the harsh truth about how the mainstream media can't get
beyond race when they cover Congress. This book is a must-read for
anyone interested in the truth behind the headlines."-Corrine Brown
(D-FL) Representative Member of Congress
"Zilber and Niven provide us with a valuable contribution on the
subject of the role of race in news coverage today. By inventive,
thoughtful and thorough research on how legislators try to present
themselves, how reporters respond and the news itself, their
conclusions offer much more light than heat. Their results are
thought-provoking, even startling. Although African-American and
white members of Congress aim at the same image and share similar
goals, their coverage in the news is remarkably different, with
African-American legislators being shown more negatively and as
more parochial. Most instructively, Zilber and Niven go well beyond
the usual calls for diversifying the press corps and suggest useful
correctives for journalists, legislators and the public."-Timothy
Cook Professor of Political Science Williams College author of
Governing With the News and Making Laws and Making News
?Appropriate for general readers and undergraduates?-Choice
"Appropriate for general readers and undergraduates"-Choice
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