Don’t be a
SHEEP:
Media, Race and
Policing in the
Age of #Ferguson
SOCIOLOGY
IN ACTION
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2014
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July 17: Eric Garner is killed (NYC).
August 9: Michael Brown is killed (Ferguson).
August 16: State of Emergency (Ferguson)
November 24: Michael Brown decision
December 3: Eric Garner verdict
2014
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Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 11:51 am
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Florissant Avenue and Canfield Drive
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Canfield Drive
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Canfield Drive
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Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 12:02 pm
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Canfield Drive, Saturday afternoon, August 9th, 2014
Tiffany Mitchell, witness
“This was wrong
and it was cold-hearted.
Cold-hearted….
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“You took my son away from me.
You know hard it was for me to get him
to stay in school to graduate?
You know how many Black men graduate?
Not many!”
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David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
Canfield Drive, Saturday evening, August 9th, 2014
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#Ferguson
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Alexandra Bell, The Counternarrative Series
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Alexandra Bell, The Counternarrative Series
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#Ferguson
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“I contend that the cry of ‘black power’ is, at bottom, a
reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the
kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for
the Negro. I think that we’ve got to see that a riot is
the language of the unheard.”
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David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
Building burned on Sunday, August 10th, 2014
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
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“I wanted to come out and help bring this
community back together. And with me
being older, I wanted to set an example
and inspire leadership to the youth…”
– Anthony Clark
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Ariel Elliott, 6, of Ferguson: Thursday, August 14th, 2014
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Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
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Downtown St. Louis, MO: Saturday, October 11th, 2014
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David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
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Ferguson, MO: Saturday, October 11th, 2014
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Christian Gooden,
STL Post-Dispatch
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Grand Jury Decision: Monday, November 24th, 2014
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Cristina Fletes-Boutté,
STL Post-Dispatch
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Department of Justice Report, March 4th, 2015
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East St. Louis, IL:
Saturday, December 3rd, 2014
2014
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#blacklivesmatter
2014
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MEDIA LITERACY
“Nothing can be so deceiving
as a photograph.” — Kafka
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EAGLETON COURTHOUSE
#ayotzinapa
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#ayotzinapa
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#Ayotzinapa Protest: Mexico City, Mexico
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#Ayotzinapa Protest: Mexico City, Mexico
“VIVOS SE LOS LLEVARON”
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All media messages
are constructed.
Principle #1
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WHO CREATED THIS MESSAGE ?
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Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch
Spiro Bolos
iPhone 6s
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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All media messages are
representations of reality
and contain embedded
values and points of view.
Principle #2
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WHAT POINT-OF-VIEW IS
REPRESENTED AND WHAT
HAS BEEN LEFT OUT ?
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Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch
Spiro Bolos
iPhone 6s
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Each media message has
different characteristics and
strengths and a unique
language of construction.
Principle #3
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WHAT TECHNIQUES ARE USED
TO ATTRACT MY ATTENTION ?
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Individuals interpret media
messages and create their
own meaning based on
personal experience.
Principle #4
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HOW MIGHT DIFFERENT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS
MESSAGE DIFFERENTLY ?
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Spiro Bolos
iPhone 6s
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Media messages are produced
for particular purposes.
Principle #5
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THIS MESSAGE ?
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Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch
Spiro Bolos
iPhone 6s
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Christian Gooden,
STL Post-Dispatch
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CLAYTON, MO
#icantbreathe
#ericgarner
#michaelbrown
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FERGUSON, MO
#michaelbrown
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EAGLETON COURTHOUSE
#ericgarner
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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Christian Gooden
STL Post-Dispatch
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CENTRAL WEST END
(CWE)
#ericgarner die-in
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David Carson
STL Post-Dispatch
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David Carson
STL Post-Dispatch
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David Carson
STL Post-Dispatch
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December 4th, 2014
#lakeshoredrive
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