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Bryn Kozuch

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I examine media coverage of the US Supreme Court confirmation progress. My work continues a previous study which notes that Justice Sonia Sotomayor's coverage differed from that of the other justices confirmed since Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The coverage about Sotomayor is more negative than her counterparts and more frequently mentioned her race and gender, leading the original study to conclude that journalists were influenced by her status as both an ethnic minority and a woman. I analyze the coverage of the four justices confirmed after Justice Elena Kagan: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Using content analysis, I examine news coverage by the Washington Post, Associated Press, New York Times, and USA Today. Following the results of the previous study, We expect coverage of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be similar to that of Sotomayor due to journalists relying on stereotypes and biases as a reaction to her own intersectionality.

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Purdue University / 2023

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