We provide an NLP framework to uncover four linguistic dimensions of political polarization
in social media: topic choice, framing, affect and illocutionary force. We quantify these …

A series of deaths of Black Americans at the hands of the police sparked mass protests,
received extensive media coverage, and fueled a new civil rights movement in the years …

Objectives: We examine how news media portrays the causes of mass shootings for
shooters of different races. Specifically, we explore whether White men are …

Through this study, we shed new light on a key line of inquiry for criminologists: the way the
media influence the public's understanding of crime and justice. We argue for expanding the …

In the spring and summer of 2020, a remarkable number of Americans participated in a
remarkable number of protests in support of Black Lives Matter. How did the general public …

Do performances of brutality have to be part of institutional social control in African American
communities? Are these communities haunted by historical beliefs, practices, and …

White Americans, on average, do not support Black Lives Matter, while Black Americans
generally express strong support. The lack of support among white Americans is striking …

Objectives This study considers the social determinants of twenty-first century punitive
American views. Methods Using General Social Survey data for 2000 and 2014, this …

The public salience of crime has wide‐ranging political and social implications; it influences
public trust in the government and citizens' everyday routines and interactions, and it may …

Following George Floyd's killing in May 2020, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters called for
police reform in the largest and most diverse protests in US history. The police frequently …