Mass Media and Ethnicity

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Different visual treatment of murderer and victim

Different visual treatment of murderer (James Eagen Holmes by Denver CBS Local News) and a victim (Michael Brown 2014)

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“Empathize” with the killer

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The LA Times humanizing Elliot Rodger

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A NY Daily News Headline

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Marketing in music reinforces in turn racial stereotypes. Basically black music is commercialized for blacks, while white music is commercialized for whites.

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