{"product_id":"9780253005212","title":"Murder, the Media, and the Politics of Public Feelings: Remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard -- a gay man living in\u003cbr\u003e Laramie, Wyoming -- and James Byrd Jr. -- an African American man dragged to his\u003cbr\u003e death in Jasper, Texas -- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media\u003cbr\u003e coverage of the murders made moments of violence based in racism and homophobia\u003cbr\u003e highly visible and which eventually led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and\u003cbr\u003e James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. The role the media played in\u003cbr\u003e cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward these\u003cbr\u003e crimes is the subject of this gripping new book by Jennifer Petersen. Tracing the\u003cbr\u003e emotional exchange from news stories to the creation of law, Petersen calls for an\u003cbr\u003e approach to media and democratic politics that takes into account the role of affect\u003cbr\u003e in the political and legal life of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080543289584,"sku":"9780253005212","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253005212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}