Abstract
Twitter exploded with controversy when child charro singer Sebastian De La Cruz performed the national anthem at the 2013 NBA finals. Across the United States and Mexico, print, TV, and radio covered the range of vitriolic and supportive Twitter reaction. This study found English- and Spanish-language legacy media acted as Twitter referee: disseminating, recasting, and rejecting negative tweets that framed De La Cruz and Latinos as illegitimate anthem interpreters. The author argues that this reframing is in keeping with an abiding ethic of American journalism to avoid stereotyping.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 263-279 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Howard Journal of Communications |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 3 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- citizenship
- national anthem
- Mexican Americans
- legacy media
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Strategy and Management