Which lives matter? : factors shaping public attention to and protest of officer-involved killings / Traci Burch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burch, Traci R., 1979- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in race, ethnicity, and politics 2633-0423.

Cambridge elements. Elements in race, ethnicity, and politics, 2633-0423

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--United States--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

Black lives matter movement.

Police brutality--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.

Police brutality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This Element explores the factors that lead the public to pay attention to and mobilize in support of victims of officer-involved killings. The author argues that race is the most important factor shaping both attention and mobilization. Black victims are statistically significantly more likely to trend on Google and get protested than victims of other races. Deaths of low threat Black victims are more likely to affect political interest, voter turnout, and protest rates, and only among young Black observers. This Element attributes this pattern to the fact that mobilization around officer-involved killings is responding to anti-Black discrimination, rather than general sentiments about police violence. It also finds that the local density of social justice organizations increases political mobilization.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Sep 2023).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108982870 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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