O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions : News Rituals in the Construction of Reality

O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions : News Rituals in the Construction of Reality

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Darnell M. Hunt explores the relationship between social identity (race, class, gender, etc.), our perceptions of everyday reality and the O. J. Simpson double murder trial to ask: why was America so obsessed by this case? Why were so many people invested in particular outcomes? And what are we to make of the apparent racial divide in attitudes about the case captured by the opinion polls? O. J. Facts and Fictions tackles these questions and considers the implications for race relations in the United States at the dawn of the new millennium.

O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions : News Rituals in the Construction of Reality,Darnell M. Hunt,Cambridge University Press,0521624681,1947-,Attitudes,Media Studies,Murder - General,Performing Arts,Political Process - General,Public opinion,Reference,Simpson, O. J.,,Social aspects,Sociology,Sociology - General,Television - General,Television broadcasting of new,Television broadcasting of news,Television viewers,United States,Black studies,Criminal law,Social Science / Ethnic Studies,Television broadcasting of news--Social aspects--United States,USA

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