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Travis Dixon

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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, as well as audiences' reception of rap music. In 2025, Dixon received an endowed position, named to the "David L Swanson Professor of Communications" position at the University of Illinois.

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