Latino Decisions Blog

Category: Media

NBCNews: Latino voters aren’t apathetic, Sanders’ Nevada win shows. Stop blaming them for low turnout.

Stephen Nuño-Perez, Senior Analyst, wrote a piece for NBCNews on Latino mobilization following the Nevada caucus: For decades, pundits have referred to the rapidly growing Latino population as a sleeping…

Latino Decisions in the Washington Post: Democratic primary polls are under-representing minorities

Matt Barreto, principle of Latino Decisions, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. Dr. Barreto addresses the under-representation of minorities in polling samples and the impact this…

The Relevance of Media, Social Contact and Positive Contact on Stereotypes of Latinos

A recent Latino Decisions/National Hispanic Media Coalition (LD/NHMC) report explores the impact that media stereotypes of immigrants and Latinos have on non-Latinos’ negative attitudes toward these groups.  Some of the…

Why Hispanic Heritage Month Awareness Really Matters

This article was originally published at NBC LATINO On this eve of Hispanic Heritage Month, I can’t help but feel frustrated. According to a poll released this week by the…

How media stereotypes about Latinos fuel negative attitudes towards Latinos

Latino Decisions was commissioned by the National Hispanic Media Coalition to assess how non-Hispanics across the country view the image of Latinos in the media today, and whether or not…