Journalism and Mass Communications, College of
Date of this Version
Summer 7-27-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
Ghosh, Shreyoshi. (2022). Symbolic Annihilation and Stereotyping of Native American Women in News: A Content Analysis of Health, Safety, and Economic Status Related News. UNL Data Repository.
Abstract
This is an exploratory study on the safety, economic, and health challenges of Native American women who constitute about 1.5% of the American population. With the symbolic annihilation and stereotyping of Native American people and women of color, there was a need to study the portrayal of Native American women in news. The findings indicated there was a growth in news coverage during 2018-19 and safety, including missing and murdered, emerged as a key topic. But symbolic annihilation in health and economic status including pay gap news was significant. Health news mostly covered maternal health and deaths but excluded most other critical health issues. Low interrelation was observed among the safety, economic, and health topics with the issues discussed in isolation. The findings indicated the absence of stereotyping as the news coverage followed community and social justice as a dominant frame. The Associated Press had the most relevant news coverage with safety as the thrust area followed by The New York Times focusing on health and economic status and CNN on safety. Data for Los Angeles Times was not statistically significant and Fox had no data relevant to the research topics. The low volume of relevant news coverage was a limitation of the study.
Advisor: Kelli Boling, Maria Marron, Michelle Hassler
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Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Health Communication Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Native American Studies Commons, Other Communication Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons
Comments
A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts, Major: Professional Journalism, Under the Supervision of Professors Maria Marron, Michelle Hassler, Kelli Boling. Lincoln, Nebraska: July, 2022
Copyright © 2022 Shreyoshi Ghosh