Christopher T. Bennett

(Pay)Walled Gardens: Status and Racialized Discourse Among Authors of Student Loan News Articles

Dominique J. Baker, Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza, Lauren Mena Shook, Christopher T. Bennett. September 2023

Topics: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary

Tags: Race, ethnicity, and education, Equity

News media plays a crucial role in the student loan policy ecosystem by influencing how policymakers and the public understand the “problem” of student loans. Prior research emphasizes the causal impact of the media on the social construction of policy issues and the lack of knowledge about the… more →
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Race below the fold: Race-evasiveness in the news media’s coverage of student loans

Dominique J. Baker, Lauren Mena Shook, Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza, Christopher T. Bennett. May 2023

Topics: Policy, Politics, and Governance

Tags: Race, ethnicity, and education, Higher education

The media discourse on student loans plays a significant role in the way that policy actors conceptualize challenges and potential solutions related to student debt. This study examines the racialized language in student loan news articles published in eight major news outlets between 2006 and… more →
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