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There was a study that showed the number of times NYTimes used the words "racist", "sexist", etc went up 400% or so in the 2010's. I'm not sure if the study cov
by havblue 4y ago
There was a study that showed the number of times NYTimes used the words "racist", "sexist", etc went up 400% or so in the 2010's. I'm not sure if the study covered npr, but I definitely noticed that by 2015, every other story was about those subjects.
I'll post the source if I find it but, yes, npr changed their content to cover these subjects dramatically more at that point.
- havblue 4y agoHere's the link to an article about the study I mentioned. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/26/media-news-article-shift-discourse-language https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/26/media-...
- soundnote 4y agoAnother: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/media-great-racial-awakening https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/media-great...
- petsfed 4y agoI wonder how much of that is riding the wave vs. being the wave though. Contemporary with NPR and NYT talking about racism and sexism more is Twitter and other social media getting a lot more vocal about such topics (while #metoo really hit its stride in 2017, it started in 2006, for instance. Likewise, Black Lives Matter got its start in 2013), where individuals are sharing their stories a lot more. That's not to say that I don't think it was a deliberate move on their part, but rather I think the move was part of a feedback loop that already existed.