Travis Dixon
Travis Lemar Dixon is an American media studies scholar and Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is known for researching racial and religious stereotyping in television news in the United States,[1][2] as well as audiences' reception of rap music.[3]
Travis L. Dixon | |
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| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992) University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998) |
| Known for | Work on racial bias in criminal news in the United States |
| Awards | National Communication Association top article award . & First Black Inductee, International Communication Association Fellows |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Communication studies |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Thesis | Overrepresentation and underrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos as lawbreakers on television news (1998) |
References
- Wurth, Julie (2015-06-23). "Study: Media quicker to label Muslims than whites as terrorists". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- "News can affect stereotyping, study says". UPI. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- Dreisinger, Baz (2005-07-17). "Insight vs. incite". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
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