A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Mainstream Press and Black Press Coverage of Jean-Bertrand Aristide from 1991 to 2011
- Both the mainstream press and the Black Press depicted Aristide as a savior of poor Haitians and as a corrupt politician.
- The Black Press also depicted Aristide as a victim of U.S. foreign policy.
- The mainstream coverage omitted information about U.S. foreign policy toward Aristide and Haiti.
- The author concludes that Black Press coverage is often similar to mainstream coverage but is at times more inclined to challenge the U.S. status quo.
This study examines how the U.S. mainstream press and the Black Press portrayed Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from 1991 to 2011. The author searched four databases for Black Press articles and kept 36 that met the criteria. A random draw of 36 articles from 997 LexisNexis results formed the mainstream sample. Using narrative analysis, the study finds that both types of press depicted Aristide as a savior of the poor and as a corrupt politician. The Black Press also portrayed him as a victim of U.S. foreign policy, a theme that the mainstream coverage left out.
The author concludes that the two types of press often cover stories similarly, and that the Black Press is at times more inclined to challenge the U.S. status quo.
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Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism, 2012, A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Mainstream Press and Black Press Coverage of Jean-Bertrand Aristide from 1991 to 2011, https://doi.org/10.4172/2165-7912.1000136
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