Differential Employment Rates in the Journalism and Mass Communication Labor Force Based on Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Exploring the Impact of Affirmative Action
By
Lee B. Becker, Edmund Lauf and Wilson Lowrey
Abstract
This paper examines whether gender, race and ethnicity are associated with employment in the journalism and mass communication labor market and--if discrepancies in employment exist--what explanations might be offered for them. The data show strong evidence that race and ethnicity are associated with lower levels of employment among journalism and mass communication graduates. These discrepancies in success in the job market are explainable in highly specified situations by factors normally associated with hiring, such as type of training, type of institution offering the training or qualifications such as internship experience and level of performance in the classroom.
Becker, L. B., Lauf, E., and Lowrey, W. (1999). Differential employment rates in the journalism and mass communication labor force based on gender, race and ethnicity: exploring the impact of affirmative action. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly , 76 (4), 631-645.
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