Media bias, perspective, and state repression : the Black Panther Party / Christian Davenport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davenport, Christian, 1965- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Panther Party--Press coverage--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History.

Black Panther Party.

Journalism--Objectivity--United States.

Journalism.

Journalism--Political aspects--United States.

African Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Race relations.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Media Bias, Perspective, & State Repression

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression; Introduction; Event Cataloging and the Birth of Conflict Studies; Explaining the Rashomon Effect; The Meaning of Rashomon; Outline; 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, 1967-1973: BACKGROUND

5 An Event Catalog of Dissent and Repression: THE BPP IN THE BAY AREA6 A Mosaic of Coercion; Part III: Conclusion; 7 Conflict, Events, and Catalogs; Appendix: THE BLACK PANTHER-U.S. GOVERNMENT EVENT CATALOG; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20884-X

0-511-70056-3

1-283-32939-5

9786613329394

0-511-65798-6

0-511-81098-9

0-511-65853-2

0-511-65667-X

0-511-65582-7

0-511-65722-6

OCLC:

536230919