TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petersen,Jennifer
TI  - Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings: remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. 
SN  - 9780253005212
AV  - HV6773.52 .P48 2011eb
U1  - 070.4/493641523 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington, Ind.
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Shepard, Matthew,
KW  - Byrd, James,
KW  - Hate crimes
KW  - United States
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Gays
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Mass media and public opinion
KW  - Mass media and gays
KW  - Mass media and race relations
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Influence
KW  - Crimes haineux
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - Homosexuels
KW  - Crimes contre
KW  - Noirs américains
KW  - Médias et opinion publique
KW  - Médias et homosexuels
KW  - Médias et relations raciales
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Journalism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Massenmedien
KW  - gnd
KW  - Beeinflussung
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - Hatbrott i pressen
KW  - Förenta staterna
KW  - sao
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index; Introduction: media, emotion, and the public sphere -- Mourning Matthew Shepard: grief, shame, and the public sphere -- "Hate is not a Laramie value": translating feelings into law -- The murder of James Byrd Jr.: the political pedagogy of melodrama -- The visibility of suffering, injustice, and the law -- Conclusion: feeling in the public sphere; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
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. -- Back Cover
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