Travis Dixon's guest appearances

Travis Dixon

Actors Anonymous Podcast

Alive: Vineyard College Ministry

Speak Out with Tim Wise

The Dr. Junkie Show

Donald Trump

Rebecca Traister

Sally Kohn

Marc Lamont Hill

Will Hoge

Judith Grisel

Maia Szalavitz

Emanuel Sferios

Ben Sessa

Meghan Linsey

Frances Lee

Jim Crow

Katie Sullivan

Jennifer Harvey

John Pavlovitz

OwlTail

Have you ever felt like the news and TV programs are reinforcing racist stereotypes? Have you ever seen a drug dealer or a thief on television and known they were a bad guy before they did anything illegal? Dr. Travis Dixon's work reveals the statistical cause of that feeling. The news, television and movies are indeed misrepresenting the facts about crime and criminal justice, showing us far more images of criminality which align with our preconceived notions of what a criminal looks like, and in the process, reinforcing stereotypes about people of color, men, and black folks. The end result is that people who watch more news tend to be more afraid that a crime will occur, more convinced that the perpetrator will be a non-white person, and less likely to feel that the offender is capable of redemption. The media are indeed "Teaching us to Love Fear." Support the show

Have you ever felt like the news and TV programs are reinforcing racist stereotypes? Have you ever seen a drug dealer or a thief on television and known they were a bad guy before they did anything illegal?  Dr. Travis Dixon's work reveals the statistical cause of that feeling. The news, television and movies are indeed misrepresenting the facts about crime and criminal justice, showing us far more images of criminality which align with our preconceived notions of what a criminal looks like, and in the process, reinforcing stereotypes about people of color, men, and black folks.  The end result is that people who watch more news tend to be more afraid that a crime will occur, more convinced that the perpetrator will be a non-white person, and less likely to feel that the offender is capable of redemption. The media are indeed "Teaching us to Love Fear." <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1060426/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

#43: How Television is "Teaching you to Love Fear" (Dr. Travis Dixon)

Amid competing concerns about “fake news” and media bias — whether coming from conservatives who think the media is slanted left, or progressives who feel the press carries too much water for Trump, Wall Street and the right — one thing is certain: the media continues to present disproportionately negative images of black families, contributing to racial bias and reactionary public policy. On this week’s episode Tim speaks with Dr. Travis Dixon (University of Illinois), a media effects scholar who studies racial stereotypes in mass media and the impact of stereotypical imagery on audience members. They discuss his latest study, conducted for Color Of Change and Family Story, which examined the way media frames stories about African American families.Dixon found a clear tendency for media to over-represent black families as poor, welfare dependent, criminal and lacking in paternal involvement, relative to the what the factual data says about the state of black families in America. The policy implications of these findings are discussed, as are solutions to the problem of racial bias in media narratives. Also on this episode, Tim’s weekly commentary concerns the resurrection of budgetary “Scroogism” among Republicans as they push tax cuts for the wealthy and threaten program cuts for the neediest among us.

Amid competing concerns about “fake news” and media bias — whether coming from conservatives who think the media is slanted left, or progressives who feel the press carries too much water for Trump, Wall Street and the right — one thing is certain: the media continues to present disproportionately negative images of black families, contributing to racial bias and reactionary public policy. On this week’s episode Tim speaks with Dr. Travis Dixon (University of Illinois), a media effects scholar who studies racial stereotypes in mass media and the impact of stereotypical imagery on audience members. They discuss his latest study, conducted for Color Of Change and Family Story, which examined the way media frames stories about African American families. Dixon found a clear tendency for media to over-represent black families as poor, welfare dependent, criminal and lacking in paternal involvement, relative to the what the factual data says about the state of black families in America. The policy implications of these findings are discussed, as are solutions to the problem of racial bias in media narratives. Also on this episode, Tim’s weekly commentary concerns the resurrection of budgetary “Scroogism” among Republicans as they push tax cuts for the wealthy and threaten program cuts for the neediest among us.

Episode 14 - Framing the Black Family: Dr. Travis Dixon on Race and Media Misrepresentation in America

Alive Encounter Night with Trina and Travis Dixon!