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A Content Analysis on Police Killings of Unarmed Black Males: An Assessment on Experts' Quotes in National News Sources
Title
A Content Analysis on Police Killings of Unarmed Black Males: An Assessment on Experts' Quotes in National News Sources.
Creator
Fulcher, Christopher, Crichlow, Vaughn, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
There is increasing concern in news media sources regarding police killings of unarmed Black males. However, there is limited research on the portrayal of such incidents in the news and the implications for police-community relations in African- American communities. In order to address this gap, this study analyzed 120 experts’ quotes provided by two of the largest and most respected newspapers in the United States -- the New York Times and USA Today. This research comprised a content...
Show moreThere is increasing concern in news media sources regarding police killings of unarmed Black males. However, there is limited research on the portrayal of such incidents in the news and the implications for police-community relations in African- American communities. In order to address this gap, this study analyzed 120 experts’ quotes provided by two of the largest and most respected newspapers in the United States -- the New York Times and USA Today. This research comprised a content analysis of quotes related to the deaths of Eric Garner (Staten Island, New York), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), and Freddie Gray (Baltimore City, Maryland). A number of factors are discussed: The news organization’s predominate category and specialty of experts selected; whether the experts’ quotes attributed to pro-police or community bias; if the experts’ quotes discussed social or racial inequalities in the cities selected; whether the experts addressed evidence-based strategies necessary to improve police-community relations in the Black community, and whether experts’ quotes discussed solutions to improve police and community relations in the Black community. The findings suggest that the selected national news sources, in the one year following the deaths of each of the unarmed victims, highlighted quotes from state manager, particularly politicians, at a much higher rate than intellectuals. Although revealing a substantial level of procommunity bias, the quotes presented very little regarding evidence-based strategies for improving police-community relations in the Black community and reducing the number of unarmed deaths caused by police. The implications for research on media and crime as well as policing strategies are discussed.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004594, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004594
Subject Headings
Police misconduct., Police brutality., Police--Complaints against., Police-community relations., Police corruption., Post-racialism., Racial profiling in law enforcement., Discrimination in law enforcement.
Format
Document (PDF)
Official report of the Committee on the investigation of police tactics in Charleston on May 17, 1934.
Title
Official report of the Committee on the investigation of police tactics in Charleston on May 17, 1934.
Creator
Committee on the investigation of police tactics in Charleston on May 17, 1934.; Student Liberal Club of Harvard University.; Harvard Philosophy Club.
Date Issued
1934
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332826
Subject Headings
Police brutality -- Massachusetts -- Boston., Police -- Complaints against -- Massachusetts -- Boston., Anti-fascist movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston., Demonstrations -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Format
Document (PDF)