“Officer-Involved Shootings”: How the Exonerative Tense of Media Accounts Distorts Reality

Authors

Michael Conklin, Angelo State University.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In “Officer-Involved Shootings”: How the Exonerative Tense of Media Accounts Distorts Reality, the author examines how the use of passive language absolves officers from public and media accountability after a shooting. This Article reports the findings of a first-of-its-kind study designed to measure how the use of the phrase “officer-involved shooting” affects public perceptions of police behavior justifications.

Recommended Citation

Michael Conklin, “Officer-Involved Shootings”: How the Exonerative Tense of Media Accounts Distorts Reality, 12 U. MIA Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev. 53 (2022)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umrsjlr/vol12/iss1/5