The politics of force : media and the construction of police brutality /

"Twenty years ago, when The Politics of Force was first published, the issue of police brutality was rarely covered in the news. This book was inspired by events following the Los Angeles Police Department's brutal treatment of Rodney King, a Black motorist whose beating by LAPD officers w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawrence, Regina G., 1961- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Edition:	Updated edition.
Series:	Journalism and political communication unbound.
Subjects:	Police in mass media. Police brutality. Police dans les médias. Brutalités policières. Police brutality Police in mass media Social services & welfare, criminology. True Crime. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Allissa V. Richardson
Introduction
Mediating Realities: The Social Construction of Problems in the Media Arena
Making a Problem of Brutality
Normalizing Coercion: Competing Claims about Police Use of Force
Setting the Agenda: Rodney King and the Los Angeles Times
Making Big News: Story Cues and Critical Coverage of Policing
Struggling for Definition: Policing Problems in the New York Times
Interpreting Rodney King: Police Brutality in the National Media Arena
Accidents Will Happen: The News and Event-Driven Problem Definition
A New Conclusion.