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9780520221925

The Politics of Force

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520221925

  • ISBN10:

    0520221923

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

This is a study of incidents of police violence as they were reported in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times over a ten year period (1981-1991) and how the media's portrayal of these incidents impacted and shaped public policy discourse.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Mediating Realities: The Social Construction of Problems in the Media Arena
1(17)
Making a Problem of Brutality
18(15)
Normalizing Coercion: Competing Claims about Police Use of Force
33(29)
Setting the Agenda: Rodney King and the Los Angeles Times
62(24)
Making Big News: Story Cues and Critical Coverage of Policing
86(26)
Struggling for Definition: Policing Problems in the New York Times
112(27)
Interpreting Rodney King: Police Brutality in the National Media Arena
139(28)
Accidents Will Happen: The News and Event-Driven Problem Definition
167(24)
Appendix: Research Strategy 191(6)
Notes 197(28)
References 225(16)
Index 241

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