Media bias, perspective, and state repression : the Black Panther Party
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Media bias, perspective, and state repression : the Black Panther Party
(Cambridge studies in contentious politics)
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-229) and index
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Description
This book examines information reported within the media regarding the interaction between the Black Panther Party and government agents in the Bay Area of California (1967-1973). Christian Davenport argues that the geographic locale and political orientation of the newspaper influences how specific details are reported, including who starts and ends the conflict, who the Black Panthers target (government or non-government actors), and which part of the government responds (the police or court). Specifically, proximate and government-oriented sources provide one assessment of events, whereas proximate and dissident-oriented sources have another; both converge on specific aspects of the conflict. The methodological implications of the study are clear; Davenport's findings prove that in order to understand contentious events, it is crucial to understand who collects or distributes the information in order to comprehend who reportedly does what to whom as well as why.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Conceptualization: 1. Objectivity and subjectivity in event catalogs
- 2. The Rashomon effect, observation and data generation
- 3. Understanding state repressive behavior
- Part II. Cases: 4. The Black Panther Party vs. the United States, 1967-73: background
- 5. An event catalog of dissent and repression: the BPP in the Bay Area
- 6. A mosaic of coercion: five cases of anti-Panther repressive behavior
- Part III. Conclusion: 7. Conclusion: conflict, events and catalogs
- Appendix 1: The Black Panther-U.S. Government event catalogs.
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