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03650aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 4FF1C2F4EA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171226010227 008 150514t20152015miuc b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781611861785 020 $a 1611861780 035 $a (OCoLC)908991052 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCO $d EEM $d WVU $d OCLCF $d UAB $d NAM $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 4 $a HV6250.4.W65 $b N43 2015 082 04 $a 362.88082 $2 23 100 1 $a Neely, Cheryl L., $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015119667 245 10 $a You're dead---so what? : $b media, police, and the invisibility of black women as victims of homicide / $c Cheryl L. Neely. 246 30 $a Media, police, and the invisibility of black women as victims of homicide 246 3 $a You are dead so what 264 1 $a East Lansing : $b Michigan State University Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xiv, 112 pages : $b portrait ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Prologue -- Black women as homicide victims : reality vs. media representation -- The deserving vs. undeserving victim : case studies of biased media reporting and law enforcement intervention -- An uneasy alliance : the symbiotic relationship between the media and law enforcement -- Looking at media bias in three major city newspapers : results of author's research -- Making the invisible visible : minorities' efforts to obtain recognition for forgotten victims -- Conclusion. 520 $a "Though numerous studies have been conducted regarding perceived racial bias in newspaper reporting of violent crimes, few studies have focused on the intersections of race and gender in determining the extent and prominence of this coverage, and more specifically how the lack of attention to violence against women of color reinforces their invisibility in the social structure. This book provides an empirical study of media and law enforcement bias in reporting and investigating homicides of African American women compared with their white counterparts. The author discusses the symbiotic relationship between media coverage and the response from law enforcement to victims of color, particularly when these victims are reported missing and presumed to be in danger by their loved ones. Just as the media are effective in helping to increase police response, law enforcement officials reach out to news outlets to solicit help from the public in locating a missing person or solving a murder. However, a deeply troubling disparity in reporting the disappearance and homicides of female victims reflects racial inequality and institutionalized racism in the social structure that need to be addressed. It is this disparity this important study seeks to solve"--Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Homicide $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008121829 650 0 $a Crime in mass media. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034002 650 0 $a Mass media and crime $z United States. 650 0 $a African American women $x Crimes against. 650 7 $a African American women $x Crimes against. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799446 650 7 $a Crime in mass media. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883040 650 7 $a Homicide. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00959660 650 7 $a Mass media and crime. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011337 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4FF1C2F4EA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search