TY  - GEN
N2  - In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard -- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming -- and James Byrd Jr. -- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas -- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media coverage of the murders made moments of violence based in racism and homophobia highly visible and which eventually led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. The role the media played in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward these crimes is the subject of this gripping new book by Jennifer Petersen. 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.
AB  - In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard -- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming -- and James Byrd Jr. -- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas -- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media coverage of the murders made moments of violence based in racism and homophobia highly visible and which eventually led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. The role the media played in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward these crimes is the subject of this gripping new book by Jennifer Petersen. 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.
T1  - Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelingsremembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. /
DA  - 2011.
CY  - Bloomington :
AU  - Petersen, Jennifer,
CN  - EBSCOhost
CN  - HV6773.52
PB  - Indiana University Press,
PP  - Bloomington :
PY  - 2011.
N1  - Description based on print version record.
ID  - 1397672
KW  - Hate crimes
KW  - Gays
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American men
KW  - Racism
KW  - Homophobia
KW  - Mass media and public opinion
KW  - Mass media and gays
KW  - Mass media and race relations
KW  - Mass media
SN  - 9780253005212 (electronic book)
TI  - Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelingsremembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. /
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