Reinforcing Stereotypes? Race and Local Television News Coverage of Congress

Despite the increasingly diverse legislative records of African-American members of Congress, much of the population continues to believe that African-American legislators are interested only in minority issues. If African-American House members are becoming more like their nonblack colleagues, then why do many citizens continue to hold these stereotypes about African-American legislators? Copyright (c) 2004 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Schaffner, Brian F. ; Gadson, Mark
Published in:	Social Science Quarterly. - Southwestern Social Science Association, ISSN 0038-4941. - Vol. 85.2004, 3, p. 604-623
Publisher:	Southwestern Social Science Association

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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