Which Lives Matter?: Factors Shaping Public Attention to and Protest of Officer-Involved Killings

by Traci Burch

This Element explores the factors that lead the public to pay attention to and mobilize in support of victims of officer-involved killings. The author argues that race is the most important factor shaping both attention and mobilization. Black victims are statistically significantly more likely to trend on Google and get protested than victims of other races. Deaths of low threat Black victims are more likely to affect political interest, voter turnout,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110898729X
• ISBN13: 9781108987295
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"