Framed: Media and the Coverage of Race in Canadian Politics
Abstract
Framed is a wake-up call for those who think that race does not matter in Canada. Combining an empirical analysis of print media with in-depth interviews of elected officials, former candidates, political staffers, and journalists, this book uncovers the connections between race, media coverage, and politics in Canada. As Erin Tolley reveals, overt racism rarely occurs in the pages of Canadian newspapers, but assumptions about race and diversity often influence media coverage. Consequently, as reporters go about selecting which political issues and events to cover, who to quote, and how to frame stories to make them resonate with the public, they give visible minorities less prominent and more negative media coverage than their white counterparts. Visible minority politicians are also more likely to be portrayed as products of their socio-demographic backgrounds, as uninterested in pressing policy issues, and as less electorally viable. The resulting news coverage, Tolley argues, does much to weaken Canada’s commitment to a robust, inclusive democracy.
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Tolley (2015) noted that in Canadian print news coverage of elected officials, simultaneously racialized and gendered news frames depicting visible minority female representatives rely on mythologies about good and bad minorities and an inclination to focus on mistakes while minimizing successes.
“Furthermore, Tolley (2015: 97) has noted that in Canadian print news coverage of elected officials, simultaneously racialized and gendered news frames depicting visible minority female representatives rely on “mythologies about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ minorities[. ..], as well as an attendant inclination to focus on mistakes while minimizing successes.””
From Intersectionality and Press Coverage of Political Campaigns (2017) · cites this paper as Tolley 2015
Existing intersectional analyses of press coverage of political campaigns are extremely scarce.
“While existing intersectional analyses provide important methodological precedents, they are extremely scarce (Gershon 2012;Tolley 2015).”
From Intersectionality and Press Coverage of Political Campaigns (2017) · cites this paper as Tolley 2015
When considered in light of similar findings from the United States and Canada, the findings suggest that the exceptional disadvantages faced by minority women on the campaign trail are not country specific.
“Furthermore, when considered in the light of similar findings from the United States and Canada (Gershon, 2012;Tolley 2015), they suggest that the exceptional disadvantages faced by minority women on the campaign trail are not country specific.”
From Intersectionality and Press Coverage of Political Campaigns (2017) · cites this paper as Tolley 2015
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- Authors
- Tolley, E.
- Corresponding author
- Tolley, Erin
- ORCID
- Tolley, Erin
- Venue
- University of British Columbia Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Published
- 2015-12-03
- OpenAlex
- W4385594896
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.35
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of British Columbia Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Discourse and Social Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Keywords
- news framing, visible minorities, Canadian newspapers, political coverage, racial stereotypes, media representation of politicians, inclusive democracy, Canadian politics
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