Whose Death Matters? A Quantitative Analysis of Media Attention to Deaths of Black Americans in Police Confrontations, 2013–2016

Media coverage of deaths of unarmed people of color at the hands of police sharply increased after the high-profile death of Michael Brown. We analyze a novel set of media data to understand reasons for this rise and to postulate a shift in reporting that treats these deaths as part of a larger patt...

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Main Authors: Zuckerman, Ethan, Matias, J. Nathan, Bhargava, Rahul, Bermejo, Fernando, Ko, Allan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Civic Media
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Journal of Communication 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123475