| Title: |
The Murder of George Floyd and the Mediatization of Solidarity by Top-Ranked Universities |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Stack, Michelle (ORCID 0000-0001-5569-1054) |
| Source: |
Language and Intercultural Communication. 2021 21(6):749-764. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
16 |
| Publication Date: |
2021 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Higher Education; Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Racial Bias; Homicide; Colleges; Institutional Characteristics; Foreign Countries; College Administration; College Students; Activism; African Americans; Blacks; Mass Media Effects; College Role; Ideology; Diversity; Newspapers |
| Geographic Terms: |
Massachusetts (Cambridge); United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: |
10.1080/14708477.2021.1985133 |
| ISSN: |
1470-8477 |
| Abstract: |
This paper is a critical discourse analysis of the responses by Harvard and Oxford to the murder of George Floyd. Findings point to how the two institutions visually separate stated commitments to equity and their identities as world-class institutions. The official university response is compared and contrasted to student media, The New York Times and The Guardian. Mediatization provides a framework for looking at the multiple logics that elite universities are responding to in maintaining their top-ranked identities while also responding to media pressure to acknowledge racism in their institutions. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2022 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1324521 |
| Database: |
ERIC |