Travis Dixon

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Travis L. Dixon
Education University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992)
University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998)
Known forWork on racial bias in criminal news in the United States
Awards National Communication Association top article award . & First Black Inductee, International Communication Association Fellows
Scientific career
Fields Communication studies
Institutions University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis Overrepresentation and underrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos as lawbreakers on television news  (1998)

Travis Lemar Dixon is an American media studies scholar and Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is known for researching racial and religious stereotyping in television news in the United States, [1] [2] as well as audiences' reception of rap music. [3] In 2025, Dixon received an endowed position, named to the "David L Swanson Professor of Communications" position at the University of Illinois. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Wurth, Julie (23 June 2015). "Study: Media quicker to label Muslims than whites as terrorists". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "News can affect stereotyping, study says". UPI. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Dreisinger, Baz (17 July 2005). "Insight vs. incite". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Faculty members receive named positions". The Quadrangle. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Spring 2025. p. 1.
  5. ↑ De La Guerra, Felipe (18 October 2024). "Travis Dixon named David L. Swanson Professor of Communication". LAS News. Retrieved 30 May 2025.


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