期刊名称：Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest
电子版ISSN：2330-1392
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：17-35
出版社：Punctum Books
摘要：Considerable research has demonstrated that protesters often receive critical coverage of theiractions and events. However, questions still remain about the reasons why journalists coverprotests in the way they do. This study utilizes a thematic analysis of news coverage andinterviews with journalists at two Occupy Wall Street sites (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania andMadison, Wisconsin) to explore patterns in coverage and reasons behind those patterns. Thefindings suggest that protest group characteristics such as level of organization and focus ofmessage as well as community norms such as history of protest activity can have an impact onboth the success of protest activity and the nature of resulting coverage. Implications for theory,journalists, and protesters are discussed
