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Media bias, perspective, and state repression : the Black Panther Party / Christian Davenport.

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This text examines the information reported by the media regarding the interaction between the Black Panther Party and government agents in the Bay Area of California (1967-1973).

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Davenport, Christian, 1965- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2010]
Series:	Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Subjects:	Black Panther Party > Press coverage > California > San Francisco Bay Area > History. Black Panther Party Journalism > Objectivity > United States. Journalism > Political aspects > United States. African Americans > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Politics and government > 20th century. Civil rights movements > California > San Francisco Bay Area > History > 20th century. San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Race relations. African Americans > Politics and government Civil rights movements Journalism > Objectivity Journalism > Political aspects Press coverage Race relations California > San Francisco Bay Area United States 1900-1999 History

Table of Contents:

Objectivity and subjectivity in event catalogs
The Rashomon effect, observation, and data generation
Understanding state repressive behavior
The Black Panther Party vs. the United States, 1967-1973 : background
An event catalog of dissent and repression : the BPP in the Bay Area
A mosaic of coercion : five cases of anti-Panther repressive behavior
Conflict, events, and catalogs.