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Social Science Discrimination & Race Relations

Framed

Media and the Coverage of Race in Canadian Politics

by (author) Erin Tolley

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2015
Category
Discrimination & Race Relations, Civics & Citizenship, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774831239
    Publish Date
    Dec 2015
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774831260
    Publish Date
    Dec 2015
    List Price
    $32.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774831246
    Publish Date
    Jun 2016
    List Price
    $32.95

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Description

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.

About the author

Erin Tolley is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.

Erin Tolley's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Donald Smiley Prize, CPSA

Editorial Reviews

Erin Tolley’s Framed is competently written, comprehensively researched, persuasive, fact-laden, and characterized by a sound interpretation of data which supports its theme … Framed is a great contribution to the literature on race at the intersection of media and politics

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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