Select the topic and explain why you selected that topic. Your response should be about 2 to 3 sentences.
I chose this topic because Black people are treated unfairly by the justice systems, police officers, and other people, unlike most races. However, I also believe they remain in the same situation because they keep playing victim instead of showing the world they are worth more. I believe black people should work twice as hard to make their children successful, keep them out of crime, and make more black movies (black panther and the harder they fall) where they are not slaves and gang members but heroes.
Graziano, L. M., & Gauthier, J. F. (2017). Examining the racial-ethnic continuum and perceptions of police misconduct. Policing and Society, 29(6), 657-672.
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the racial-ethnic hierarchy that exists (and why they exist) where perceptions of law enforcement systems are concerned. Previous studies had suggested that whites generally have the most positive attitudes while blacks have the most negative attitudes towards police officers, especially regarding how the police conduct themselves (Brown and Benedict 2002, Peck 2015). In addition, there had been little research done on Asians, and most research done on Hispanics had not reached any conclusive results. The main aim of this study was to investigate the perception blacks and whites hold on the law enforcement system and compare these perceptions to those of Hispanics and Asians. The independent variable in this study had three levels; race-ethnicity, policing variable (media coverage, the society’s opinion, and satisfaction with involuntary encounters with police), and neighbourhood variables (the different geographical locations the participants were from). On the other hand, the outcome variable was measured using the number of times participants were stopped without a good reason, officers using offensive language, excessive force, and racial profiling. The researchers used inferential tests (chi-square test) and descriptive statistics like percentages to compare the effects of factors like age, gender, and the three independent variables on perception. They also used linear regression to check for the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
Desilver, D., Lipka, M., & Fahmy, D. (2020, August 17). 10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S. Pew Research Center.
After George Floyd’s death, DeSilver et al. (2020) decided to investigate how the public viewed the police and how police officers viewed black people and protestors. The research results were based on surveys carried out from the past few years before the incident. Their investigation was based on ten things people know about policing and race. The ten things included factors like fatal encounters with police officers, black people receiving unfair treatment, believes democrats and republicans held, demonstrations, beliefs held by both white and black officers, grading the work police officers did, and people being stopped unnecessary and unnecessary use of force. The researchers compared these factors between white and black civilians, democrats, and law enforcement officers using descriptive statistics primarily using percentages. For example, the first thing we know about race and policing is that black people are said to be treated less fairly when compared to whites by both the law enforcement and the justice system. Based on a survey done in 2019, DeSilver et al. (2020) concluded that 63% of whites participants and 84% of black participants thought blacks were treated less fairly than whites.
Communication styles.
Do the articles present similar information?
The two articles reached the same conclusion. In general, Black people have a negative perception, and white people hold a positive perception of police officers. In addition, the participants also believed that black people are treated less fairly than whites. Both articles also agree that social media brought light to this subject (minority groups are treated less fairly by law enforcement). Lastly, the two articles agree that blacks have more unnecessary and aggressive encounters with police officers, but this is because of other underlying factors that Graziano and Gauthier (2017) say are due to facts like gang-related violence and areas that participant is from.
Do the articles consider the role of visuals in the same way?
These articles do not use the same information despite reaching a similar conclusion. To begin with, Graziano and Gauthier (2017) analysed data from a telephone survey done in mid-size California in 2015. On the other hand, DeSilver et al. (2020) used data from different surveys done in different years. However, their information was quite similar because both articles consider factors like participants’ opinions towards police and the opinion of police officers towards different races. They also considered factors like the influence of media, police officers using too much force, and participants being stopped unnecessarily.
Do the articles present the findings in a convincing way, and is one more effective? And How do the tone and style of the articles compare, and what does that mean for the reader?
Both articles considered the role of visuals in their studies. DeSilver et al. (2020) displayed charts to help us compare the different percentages, and Graziano and Gauthier (2017) used tables to display descriptive statistics of the results from the inferential tests. The article from Graziano and Gauthier is more effective because despite them showing us the differences being measured, they also tell us if their differences are significant. Both articles use a formal tone, but the article written by Graziano and Gauthier is a journal article, while DeSilver’s article is more of an investigative article.
References.
Desilver, D., Lipka, M., & Fahmy, D. (2020, August 17). 10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S. Pew Research Center.
Brown, B. and Benedict, W.R., 2002. Perceptions of the police: past findings, methodological issues, conceptual issues and policy implications. Policing: an international journal of police strategies and management, 25 (3), 543–580
Graziano, L. M., & Gauthier, J. F. (2017). Examining the racial-ethnic continuum and perceptions of police misconduct. Policing and Society, 29(6), 657-672.
Peck, J., 2015. Minority perceptions of the police: a state-of-the-art review. Policing: an international journal of police strategies and management, 38 (1), 173–203.
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