Architects of Communication Scholarship: Travis Dixon on Understanding and Undoing Media Stereotyping

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Architects of Communication Scholarship

ICA Productions

38 episodes

3 months ago

With this podcast, host Ellen Wartella brings you interviews of several outstanding communication researchers who have been architects of communication scholarship. She will ask them questions about what motivated them to study communication, what they see as current status of their area of research, what they see as the important research questions in their respective areas moving forward, and how communication research contributes to societal challenges and opportunities. In each episode, Ellen will introduce one of the Architects of Communication Scholarship and a handpicked scholar who will be engaging in dialogue with that architect.

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Architects of Communication Scholarship: Travis Dixon on Understanding and Undoing Media Stereotyping

Architects of Communication Scholarship

19 minutes

2 years ago

Architects of Communication Scholarship: Travis Dixon on Understanding and Undoing Media Stereotyping

This episode features Professor Travis Dixon in conversation with Professor Marisa Smith. They discuss Professor Dixon’s work as a leading researcher in the field of media stereotyping and biased narratives in media outlets. Professor Dixon expands upon the rocky beginnings of the field of media stereotyping and goes on to express his hopes for the future of the field.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Marisa Smith

Travis Dixon

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from our guests:

Ellen Wartella

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Marisa Smith

Assistant Professor | Advertising + Public Relations Department and The School of Journalism

Michigan State University

Twitter: @smithmarisaa

Travis Dixon

Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professorial Scholar | Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Twitter: @Dr_TLDixon

Facebook: Travis Dixon

Instagram: travisldixon

Works Referenced in Episode:

Oliver, M. B. (1994). Portrayals of crime, race, and aggression in “reality‐based” police shows: A content analysis. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 38(2), 179-192.

Entman, R. M. (1992). Blacks in the news: Television, modern racism and cultural change. Journalism quarterly, 69(2), 341-361.

Potter, W. J. (1993). Cultivation theory and research: A conceptual critique. Human communication research, 19(4), 564-601.

Signorielli, N., Gerbner, G., & Morgan, M. (1995). Standpoint: Violence on television: The cultural indicators project.
Dixon, T. L. (2016). Understanding how the internet and social media accelerate racial stereotyping and social division: The socially mediated stereotyping model. In Race and Gender in Electronic Media. Taylor & Francis.

Copy and Audio Editor:

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown