This week Jose and Jenn speak with Professor Erin Kearns about her work on media coverage of terrorism and/or torture. At the time of this episode,
Erin was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. Starting in August 2021, Erin joined the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center of Excellence at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her primary research seeks to understand the relationship among terrorism, media, law enforcement, and the public. Her publications include articles on why groups lie about terrorism, media coverage of terrorism and counterterrorism, public perceptions of terrorism and counterterrorism practices, and relationships between communities and law enforcement. Her work has been funded through a number of sources, including the National Consortium for the Study of and Responses to Terrorism (START) and featured on numerous media outlets including CNN, The Economist, NPR, the Washington Post, and Vox. She serves on the editorial boards of Criminal Justice & Behavior, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict and has served as a consultant for the Police Foundation and the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing. Erin has published in journals such as Justice Quarterly, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, and Crime & Delinquency.
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Get in touch with Erin Kearns:
University of Nebraska Omaha Website // ekearns [at] unomaha [dot] edu // kearns.erin AT gmail.com // Personal Website // Twitter
This is the article authored by Dr. Erin Kearns and colleagues that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Betus, Allison E., Erin M. Kearns, and Anthony F. Lemieux. (2020). How perpetrator identity (sometimes) influences media framing attacks as “terrorism” or “mental illness.” Communication Research.
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A related article is:
Kearns, Erin M., Allison E. Betus, and Anthony F. Lemieux. (2019). Why do some terrorist attacks receive more media attention than others? Justice Quarterly, 35(6): 985-1022.
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This is the book authored by Dr. Kearns that is referenced in the third section of this episode:
Kearns, Erin M. and Joseph K. Young. (2020). Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism. Columbia University Press.
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A related article is:
Delehanty, Casey, and Erin M. Kearns. (2020). Wait, there’s torture in Zootopia? Examining the prevalence of torture in popular movies. Perspectives on Politics, 18(3): 835-850.
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