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The Riot Report and the news : how the Kerner Commission changed media coverage of Black America / Thomas J. Hrach.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2016.; (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2015).Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781613764206
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN4888 .R568 2016
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Contents:
News media is blamed for causing riots -- Kerner and commission members offer differing views -- Johnson gives the commission its orders -- Key decisions set direction -- News media conference gets to the heart of the matter -- Simulmatics produces a contradictory analysis -- The research intensifies -- Doing the lord's work -- A positive reaction from the news media -- "You deserve the gratitude of the nation" -- Conclusion: remembering Kerner and his report.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Black is news in the white press -- News media is blamed for causing riots -- Kerner and commission members offer differing views -- Johnson gives the commission its orders -- Key decisions set direction -- News media conference gets to the heart of the matter -- Simulmatics produces a contradictory analysis -- The research intensifies -- Doing the lord's work -- A positive reaction from the news media -- "You deserve the gratitude of the nation" -- Conclusion: remembering Kerner and his report.

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