Selling Breonna
Twitter Responses to Breonna Taylor on the Covers of O, The Oprah Magazine and Vanity Fair
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21643751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Grant (0000-0002-3418-2434, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, corresponding author), Joy Jenkins (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA), Ayleen Cabas-Mijares (0000-0002-4559-2658, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 784-801 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-6990 • E-ISSN: 2161-430X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10776990221108646 |
| OpenAlex | W4286742135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 31 |
Black women are largely invisible in mainstream media’s coverage of police brutality, despite the rise of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Breonna Taylor’s killing by police in March 2020 gained some media attention after George Floyd’s killing. To engage with BLM, O, The Oprah Magazine and Vanity Fair released special issues in September 2020 featuring Taylor’s portrait on the covers. This study examined the Twitter response to these covers to illuminate how mass media commodify Black womanhood. A critical discourse analysis (CDA) using an intersectional feminist lens revealed themes related to the profitability of Black death, gendered Black allegiance, and Black woman aesthetics
Advertising · Allegiance · Art · Art history · Commodification · Criminology · Mainstream · Media studies · Police brutality · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |