2021
DOI: 10.1177/20578911211067317
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New media and political protest: Framing analysis of news content on Twitter

Abstract: This article examines the frames used by Pakistani news media while covering a political protest in 2019 on Twitter. The study deploys quantitative content analysis based on thematic framing, episodic framing, genre, types and subject matter of tweets. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the use of Twitter in political and protest communication. Twitter is a platform with the potential to manage and coordinate protest activities and movements effectively. The current study is carried out to … Show more

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“…Moreover, as the technology evolves, media framing extends beyond traditional news outlets to modern platforms like social media, which has been shown to influence traditional media frames (Etter & Vestergaard, 2015). Modern media outlets are increasingly using frames to cover political protests, building political campaigns, and other events, showcasing the adaptability of framing techniques in different contexts (Ashfaq et al, 2021;Anshori et al, 2022;Sahly et al, 2019).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, as the technology evolves, media framing extends beyond traditional news outlets to modern platforms like social media, which has been shown to influence traditional media frames (Etter & Vestergaard, 2015). Modern media outlets are increasingly using frames to cover political protests, building political campaigns, and other events, showcasing the adaptability of framing techniques in different contexts (Ashfaq et al, 2021;Anshori et al, 2022;Sahly et al, 2019).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Scholars have used various approaches, such as mapping public protest actions through images and visual narratives on Twitter (Bosch & Mutsvairo, 2017;Cowart, Saunders, & Blackstone, 2016). In addition, some use tweet content narratives (Ashfaq, Shahid, & Zubair, 2021), while some focus on the use of hashtags in protesting against antigovernment (Sinpeng, 2021), especially policies (Aruguete & Calvo, 2018). There was also the use of hashtags in responding to guidelines that were against investment in a product (Pratama, et al, 2022) and the use of hashtags for brutality (police) since the counter-extradition policy action (Wang & Zhou, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%