Murder, the Media, and the Politics of Public Feelings - Remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Petersen is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including Media, Culture & Society and Critical Studies in Media Communication. Klappentext Tracing the emotional exchange from news stories to the creation of law, Petersen calls for an approach to media and democratic politics that takes into account the role of affect in the political and legal life of the nation. Zusammenfassung Discusses the role the media play in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward crime Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Media, Emotion, and the Public Sphere 1. Mourning Matthew Shepard: Grief, Shame, and the Public Sphere 2. "Hate is Not a Laramie Value": Translating Feelings into Law 3. The Murder of James Byrd Jr.: The Political Pedagogy of Melodrama 4. The Visibility of Suffering, Injustice, and the Law Conclusion: Feeling in the Public Sphere Appendix: Text and Interview Selection Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Petersen, PETERSEN JENNIFER
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9780253223395
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22339-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries