Black Press, White Press, and Their Opposition: The Case of the Police Killing of Tyisha Miller

Part of a special issue on resisting militarism and globalized punishment. The oppositional thesis is used to examine differences in the way that two newspapers covered the 1998 police killing of Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old African-American woman. The oppositional thesis contends that the black and...

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Main Author: Huspek, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Social justice
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 217-241
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Black Voice News (Newspaper)
Press-Enterprise (Newspaper)
Miller, Tyisha
Racism
Press
Mass Media
Racism in the press
Racism in mass media
Black people & mass media
CRIME victims
Black newspapers
Police services for minorities
Black people > Press coverage
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Summary:Part of a special issue on resisting militarism and globalized punishment. The oppositional thesis is used to examine differences in the way that two newspapers covered the 1998 police killing of Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old African-American woman. The oppositional thesis contends that the black and white presses are not merely different, but are oppositional. The two newspapers are the Riverside Press-Enterprise, a mainstream daily with a predominantly white readership, and the Black Voice News, a weekly publication with a predominantly black readership.
ISSN:2327-641X