A new study from the University of Missouri released this week suggests that Black athletes are treated differently than their White counterparts in the media, a fact that comes as no surprise to many whose lives and livelihoods revolve around sports.
In an examination of 155 news articles, MU associate professor of strategic communication Dr. Cynthia Frisby found that not only were more stories written about White athletes overall than their Black counterparts, but those Black athletes were overrepresented in crime stories and domestic violence stories and, overall, “53 percent of the stories involving black athletes had a negative tone, while only 27 percent of stories about white athletes were negative.”
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