- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 164 pages)
- Uniform Title
- Riot Report and the news (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Riot Report and the news (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 141-157) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: Black is news in the white press -- 1. News media is blamed for causing riots -- 2. Kerner and commission members offer differing views -- 3. Johnson gives the commission its orders -- 4. Key decisions set direction -- 5. News media conference gets to the heart of the matter -- 6. Simulmatics produces a contradictory analysis -- 7. The research intensifies -- 8. Doing the lord's work -- 9. A positive reaction from the news media -- 10. "You deserve the gratitude of the nation" -- Conclusion: remembering Kerner and his report.
- LCCN
- 2016013121
- OCLC
- ssj0001732186
- Author
Hrach, Thomas J., 1963-
- Title
The Riot Report and the news [electronic resource] : how the Kerner Commission changed media coverage of Black America / Thomas J. Hrach.
- Imprint
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 141-157) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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