This book examines the manner in which the national media in the United States treated lynching and vigilante activity between 1850 and 1940. A social constructionist perspective, developed by Gamson and Modigliani, is utilized to determine media orientation toward lynching. The perspective emphasizes the importance of media framing, sponsor and opponent activity, and media balance. Since not all lynching incidents can be studied, critical discourse moments are selected. Four broad time periods in different regions of the nation are defined, and lynching is examined in these areas. In the...
This book examines the manner in which the national media in the United States treated lynching and vigilante activity between 1850 and 1940. A social...