Learn how police and the media work together to shape our perceptions of crime and law enforcement at this book launch.
Visiting US civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis, in discussion with Kevin Blowe from the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol), will introduce the idea of “copaganda”, a special kind of propaganda employed by police and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it.
Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe, fuelling fear against poor people, immigrants, unhoused people, and racialised communities and shifting the public’s focus away from the policies that would help improve people’s lives—things like affordable housing, adequate healthcare, early childhood education, and climate-friendly city planning.
You can find out more about the book and order your copy from the New Press.