Media Microaggressions?: A Content Analysis of Mainstream Newspaper Descriptions of Non-White Male Victims of Police Violence, 2014-15 Vs. 2019-20

Microaggressive language towards black, male victims of police violence in news articles decreased, 2014-2020 (p<.05) in fourteen mainstream newspapers. Content-analysis software (MAXQDA) scanned for frequency/context of specific trigger words. Have racial justice movements changed the way journalists write about police-involved incidents? Have editors “scrubbed” microaggressive language after submission?