Mass Media and Racial Crisis: A Study of the New Bethel Church Incident in Detroit.

Warren, Donald I.

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ERIC Number: EJ059855

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Publication Date: 1972

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Mass Media and Racial Crisis: A Study of the New Bethel Church Incident in Detroit

Warren, Donald I.

Journal of Social Issues, 28, 1, 111-131, W 72

Based on responses from 1130 interviews in black and white neighborhoods, perceptions of what occurred relating to an incident in Detroit were linked to reports from mass media. Different media combinations were associated differently with how whites and blacks relying on these sources perceived the incident. (Author)

Descriptors: Aggression, Mass Media, Minority Groups, News Media, Press Opinion, Racial Differences, Racial Relations, Social Change, Television, Urban Areas

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