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Black Or White: A Content Analysis Of Newspaper Coverage Dealing With Nba Players & Race, Daniel Eric Newman
Black Or White: A Content Analysis Of Newspaper Coverage Dealing With Nba Players & Race, Daniel Eric Newman
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
A content analysis of The New York Times and The Washington Post was conducted to determine if there were differences in the coverage devoted to African-American and Caucasian players in the National Basketball Association from July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000.
The study examined 96 randomly chosen articles, 48 from each publication, to determine trends with regard to coverage of each race.
While the hypotheses predicted African-American players would receive more negative coverage than their Caucasian counterparts, the results showed that Caucasian players actually receive slightly more negative coverage.
The results also showed The New York Times is more …
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
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Letters to Cecil Roberts of Fort Worth, Texas about Hechler's book, "The Bridge at Remagen"; includes a letter from L. E. Engeman, Col. U. S. Army ret., who commanded the 14th Tank Battalion at the taking of the bridge.