{"id":4069,"date":"2023-03-20T23:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T04:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.utexas.edu\/black-male-education-research\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2023-03-20T23:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T04:35:52","slug":"white-sportscasters-black-athletes-race-and-espns-coverage-of-college-footballs-national-signing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/white-sportscasters-black-athletes-race-and-espns-coverage-of-college-footballs-national-signing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sportscasters, Black Athletes: Race and ESPN\u2019s Coverage of College Football\u2019s National Signing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reference:<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lewis, M., Bell, T. R., Billings, A. C., &amp; Brown, K. A. (2020). White Sportscasters, Black Athletes: Race and ESPN\u2019s Coverage of College Football\u2019s National Signing Day. <em>The Howard Journal of Communications, 31<\/em>(4), 337\u2013350. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1608482\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1608482<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Abstract:<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b>This study analyzed how depictions of White and Black recruits by ESPN network employees differs depending on athletic successes, failures, personality, and physicality. A total of 42\u2009hr of ESPN college football National Signing Day (NSD) coverage (2015\u20132018) was analyzed with results indicating sportscasters who covered NSD largely did not differ in their depictions of athletes, with the majority of comments referring to recruits\u2019 physicality or their upbringing, regardless of race. In all, 98% of the comments about NSD were spoken by White sportscasters, and 86.4% of the comments were spoken about a Black athlete. The relatively meager differences could be framed in a fairly positive light, whereas the lack of non-White commentators within coverage indicates hiring practices are still problematic. Cultivation theory logics related to stereotype-formation-through-media are then applied to determine implications for the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Article Link:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1608482<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference:\u00a0Lewis, M., Bell, T. R., Billings, A. C., &amp; Brown, K. A. (2020). White Sportscasters, Black Athletes: Race and ESPN\u2019s Coverage of College Football\u2019s National Signing Day. The Howard Journal of Communications, 31(4), 337\u2013350. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1608482 Abstract: This study analyzed how depictions of White and Black recruits by ESPN network employees&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/white-sportscasters-black-athletes-race-and-espns-coverage-of-college-footballs-national-signing-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"underline\">read more<\/span>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sportsathletics-sa","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}