Graduation Year
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Mass Communications
Major Professor
Deni Elliott, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Paul (Xiaopeng) Wang, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Loretha Cleveland, M.A.
Committee Member
Robert Dardenne, Ph.D.
Keywords
Hawai`i, news, race, ethnicity, media bias
Abstract
The front page of Hawai`i's largest-circulated newspaper - The Honolulu Star-Bulletin - was reviewed for a three-month period: March 1, 2008 - June 1, 2008, to examine representations of race in a media market where Caucasian individuals are the minority. Analysis of the newspaper seeks to present a greater understanding of ethnic portrayals in island news and examines ethical implications that have/can arise from adopting journalistic values typical of "white news" or mainstream reporting practices in areas where the mainstream is, in fact, the minority.
Scholar Commons Citation
Weaver, Cory J., "Headline Hawai`i: Racial Aloha in Kama`aina News" (2010). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1803
