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Negative Perception of Blacks Rises When You Watch More News
physorg.com — Watching the news should make you more informed, but it also may be making you more likely to stereotype, says a University of Illinois researcher. In a pair of recently published studies, Travis Dixon found that the more people watched either local or network news, the more likely they were to draw on negative stereotypes about blacks.
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- DrunkenDigger, on 07/17/2008, -1/+7negative perception of blacks also rises when i see them stealing my car and robbing the convenience store. Then again I live in the projects.
- AssJuice, on 07/17/2008, -0/+3Cover me while i check the mailbox.
- felsoule79, on 07/17/2008, -1/+3hmm yeah i wonder why people adopt these prejudices and stereotypes.............
- jesusfish, on 07/17/2008, -2/+1This isn't just true of blacks, but of virtually every subject that's regularly covered in the news, as usually only bad news gets reported. People should just stop watching so much news.
- curtisag, on 07/17/2008, -1/+2Well, considering most serious crimes are committed by blacks, I would say this is just people coming to terms with reality. Stereotypes are not always wrong, but they are always politically incorrect.
- rinpoche, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Watching the news has given me a negative stereotype of reporters and anchorpersons.
- UltramegaOK, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2Terrorist Fist Jab™
- Midtowner, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2And it's always the poor black reporter they send down to 'the scene.' You have to feel sorry for that individual.
On a more serious note, television news has stopped being "news" and moved on to be pure entertainment. Around 20-30 years ago, I used to see real investigative reporting -- reporters uncovering corruption in government. That just doesn't happen anymore. Instead we have crap "stories" about how to get the most out of your coupons at the grocery store or B.S. about some white girl who got kidnapped on the other side of the country.
It's all because TV stations have slashed their budgets so much that they can't afford to have reporters work on a story for anymore than a few hours. Maybe larger markets than mine are different, but I doubt it. - Panzwhore, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Yeah because everytime i watch the local news all i see is news reports of blacks committing crimes
- bosssmiley, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Gee, I wonder from whence the prejudice might arise.
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
"Police say they are looking for a black male..."
It's similar here in the UK now, except with immigrants rather than simply black people. The bad joke whenever the names of suspects in the latest stabbing or story of child cruelty are released is "Oh, good British name that..." - meuse, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1"All of these things are inconsistent with what's really happening out there in the quote-unquote real world," Dixon said. "Some news reporters will say they're holding up this mirror (to the real world), but it's a distorted mirror."
This guy's in dream land. Here's what's happening in the real world:
"In 2005, there were more than 645,000 victims of cross-racial violent crimes between blacks and whites in the U.S. In 90 percent of those crimes, black offenders attacked white victims."
Is this supposed to leave me with a positive feelings about blacks?
Source:
What is a hate crime?
Some are asking why no media outcry over murders in which victims were white and those charged are black
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi ...
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