(De)Legitimization of Nonviolent Social Movements in U.S. News Media: A Rhetorical Analysis of News Coverage and Political Economic Analysis of News Corporations
Name: Jada Frost
Majors: Political Science, Communication Studies
Advisors: Denise Bostdorff, Erum Haider
Social movements often employ protests in order to bring public attention to the issues they advocate for. In order for social movement’s issues to gain public attention, the protests they employ need to gain news media coverage. However, this coverage may not always depict the social movement in the most positive light. This study looks at US news media coverage of the Black Lives Matter protest in 2016. It seeks to answer the question, How does news media coverage of political protests (de)legitimize the social movement to the public? The research study finds that news media coverage of protests is biased toward the ideologies of their audiences.
Posted in Comments Enabled, Independent Study, Symposium 2023 on April 13, 2023.
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Congratulations, Jada! I hope I can see more about your work during Symposium. This is such an important topic, and a great example of how political science and communications studies research can come together!