Civil rights reporting of past and present
Coverage of the Jena 6 may be found at Dallasnews.com, with video at:http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=176859An excellent history of reporting civil rights may be found here:http://www.reportingcivilrights.orgAgain, I invite you to blog about coverage that you've seen over the past week on this event.
Posted by jacqueline at 7:47 PM 2 comments
The Jena 6 incident seriously appalls me. There have been so many incidents where white people get lighter sentences than black people. The jury listened to the Jena 6 case was all white, with a white judge. I do not see this as being fair at all and it is very biased. On the news, it said that one of the guys in the Jena 6 incident could face up to 22 years in prison! Their possible sentences were attempted second degree murder and conspiracy. Thankfully, their sentences have been reduced to assault and conspiracy. I am happy to see that at least some justice has been done to reduce their sentences because attempted second degree murder for what they did was just a preposterous sentence. I will definitely be keeping up with this.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Guidelines for news reporting and disabilities
For coverage of disability issues:http://www.spj.org/dtb5.aspNational Center on Disability Journalismhttp://ncdj.org/links.htmlResources:http://pages.towson.edu/bhalle/disable.htmlVisit one of these sites and consider the stereotypes of disabilities that you are familiar with. Where did you get these stereotypes, from news coverage or mass media? Write about your perceptions on your blog.
In my opinion, people with mental or physical disabilities are stereotyped as being inferior to the rest of society. These stereotypes are developed not only from news coverage, but mass media as well. In news stories, people with physical and mental handicaps are praised and put on display for society to recognize for performing acts that are considered mundane when done by the rest of society. This alone makes us feel that those with disabilities are substandard to those who are not.
For coverage of disability issues:http://www.spj.org/dtb5.aspNational Center on Disability Journalismhttp://ncdj.org/links.htmlResources:http://pages.towson.edu/bhalle/disable.htmlVisit one of these sites and consider the stereotypes of disabilities that you are familiar with. Where did you get these stereotypes, from news coverage or mass media? Write about your perceptions on your blog.
In my opinion, people with mental or physical disabilities are stereotyped as being inferior to the rest of society. These stereotypes are developed not only from news coverage, but mass media as well. In news stories, people with physical and mental handicaps are praised and put on display for society to recognize for performing acts that are considered mundane when done by the rest of society. This alone makes us feel that those with disabilities are substandard to those who are not.
How do you get news? How often? What do you read and view both online and offline? About how many hours a day or a week do you intentionally seek out news coverage? And one last question: when you think about news media and their coverage of race or gender or sexualities or disabilities, what are your own assumptions?
I usually get news from the internet or the television. I like to keep up with the news once a day. Sadly, I have to admit that most of the news I look at is entertainment news. Lately, I have been checking MSNBC and Fox 4 news, and the news is usually crime related. I probably spend about two hours a week looking and listening to news. When I think about the media and its coverage on race, gender, and sexualities, etc, I often find myself subconsciously making my own inferences, most commonly with race. With all of the news coverage on the war in Iraq, it is almost an instinct to assume that when a Middle Eastern person is on or in the news that they are involved in some sort of act of terrorism I feel that news media has conditioned the general public to create certain generalizations about different groups because of the way they are portrayed in news.
I usually get news from the internet or the television. I like to keep up with the news once a day. Sadly, I have to admit that most of the news I look at is entertainment news. Lately, I have been checking MSNBC and Fox 4 news, and the news is usually crime related. I probably spend about two hours a week looking and listening to news. When I think about the media and its coverage on race, gender, and sexualities, etc, I often find myself subconsciously making my own inferences, most commonly with race. With all of the news coverage on the war in Iraq, it is almost an instinct to assume that when a Middle Eastern person is on or in the news that they are involved in some sort of act of terrorism I feel that news media has conditioned the general public to create certain generalizations about different groups because of the way they are portrayed in news.
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