Protest reporting across clientelist media systems

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12898569
AutoresSummer Harlow (0000-0001-6079-1439, University of Houston, autor de correspondencia), Lindita Camaj (0000-0002-5934-6159, University of Houston), Ivanka Pjesivac (0000-0001-7981-6931, University of Georgia)
Año2022
Volumen85
Número5
Páginas365-385
Fecha de publicación2022-12-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Communication Gazette (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17480485221146862
OpenAlexW4313255515
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas40

Most protest paradigm studies examining news media's portrayals of protesters are based on an assumption that the way the paradigm operates within the U.S. media system is similar around the globe. To overcome these weaknesses, this content analysis (n = 1200) of protest-related news coverage in two Balkan and two Central American countries examines how media clientelism-manifested via ownership, concentration, and state advertising-influences media representations of protesters. Results highlight important regional differences in protest coverage, and confirm the role of government and elites in clientelist environments is more complex than hypothesized. We found that while clientelism contributes to the protest paradigm, delegitimizing coverage is not automatic, and varies by frame and media ownership, as political and economic interests differentially influence protest coverage depending not just on the outlets’ ties to the state, but also the social contexts surrounding the protests themselves

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