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Race, media, and the crisis of civil society : from Watts to Rodney King / Ronald N. Jacobs

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Online-Ressource (xii, 189 p) ; 24 cm

Englisch

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Race, media, and multiple publics; 2 Historicizing the public spheres: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago; 3 The Watts uprisings of 1965; 4 The Rodney King beating; 5 Rodney King 1992; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and index

Print version: Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society : From Watts to Rodney King

0-521-62578-5 ; 0-521-62360-X

978-0-521-62360-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

P94.5.A372

302.23/089/96073     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: United States -- Race relations ; Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States ; African Americans in mass media ; African American press ; African Americans and mass media ; Mass media and race relations -- United States

African Americans and mass media ; Electronic books

The first comprehensive account of the development of the African-American Press in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, this book compares 'mainstream' and African-American media coverage of racial crises such as the Watts riot, Rodney King, the LA uprisings and the O. J. Simpson trial