Publisher's Synopsis
The images cast across the US on January 6, 2021, laid bare the fragility of American democracy as the steps & halls of the US Capitol were inundated by a violent band of insurrectionists. Fed by blatant lies, political anger, & racial animus, they sought to halt a procedure enshrined in the US Constitution & to overturn a freely & fairly run election. Meanwhile, efforts to obstruct, avoid, & misrepresent the subsequent investigation of the January 6th attack have continued apace. With a relative dearth of work that centres historical & contemporary racial, ethnic, & power dynamics in the context of media, our interdisciplinary field was caught flat-footed, unprepared to respond to those who actively seek to undermine American democracy. This edited volume brings together a diverse group of leading scholars to help us more clearly understand the relationship between media & the attempted coup.
