Jennifer Petersen

Murder, the Media, and the Politics of Public Feelings

Remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780253223395
• ISBN-10: 0253223393
• Artikelnr.: 33609012

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Petersen is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including Media, Culture & Society and Critical Studies in Media Communication.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Media, Emotion, and the Public Sphere
1. Mourning Matthew Shepard: Grief, Shame, and the Public Sphere
2. "Hate is Not a Laramie Value": Translating Feelings into Law
3. The Murder of James Byrd Jr.: The Political Pedagogy of Melodrama
4. The Visibility of Suffering, Injustice, and the Law
Conclusion: Feeling in the Public Sphere
Appendix: Text and Interview Selection
Bibliography
Index