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Black Messages, White Messages

The Differential Use of Racial Appeals by Black and White Candidates

New York University

Stephen M. Caliendo

North Central College

This article seeks to ascertain how implicit and explicit racial messages are constructed in televised political campaign advertisements. Utilizing a content analysis of 328 spots run in election contests between 1990 and 2000 where at least one candidate was African American, the authors provide results and analyses that demonstrate that both White and Black candidates are prone to utilizing racial messages. However, the authors show that a stark distinction exists between racial messages constructed by Whites and those by Black candidates.

Key Words: campaigns • political communication • race and politics

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 39, No. 5, 732-743 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934707299644


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