2022
DOI: 10.1177/00207152221085601
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News coverage of social protests in global society

Abstract: This article links media and social movement studies with world society theory to explain cross-national variations in media attention to domestic social protests. We compile a novel large-scale dataset with over 1.2 million protest-related news articles from 12,644 web news sites across 140 countries/areas in 2015–2020. Our cross-national analysis shows that both media- and country-level characteristics explain news coverage of domestic social protests. Our findings show that web news outlets with high web tr… Show more

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“…Cable news channels have also been shown to have an impact on the opinions and political behavior of voters [3]. Finally, it is important to note cable news remains a global centerpiece of the media landscape and has a critical impact on the information environment [4]. Taken together, this information justifies the study of cable news, which continues to hold a great deal of attention and influence in modern mass media.…”
Section: Related Research a Cable News And Media Biasmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Cable news channels have also been shown to have an impact on the opinions and political behavior of voters [3]. Finally, it is important to note cable news remains a global centerpiece of the media landscape and has a critical impact on the information environment [4]. Taken together, this information justifies the study of cable news, which continues to hold a great deal of attention and influence in modern mass media.…”
Section: Related Research a Cable News And Media Biasmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Political trust, also known as trust in government, reflects citizens’ reliance on or confidence in their political leadership, institutions, and legitimacy ( Newton, 2001 ; Fan, 2019 ). Thus, it is particularly important in times of crisis and societal change ( Armingeon and Guthmann, 2014 ; Arpino and Obydenkova, 2020 ; Zhang et al, 2022 ), as it enhances public compliance with the laws and reduces the risk of dissention ( Levi and Stoker, 2000 ; Lalot et al, 2022 ) while facilitating implementation of public policies ( Francis, 2016 ; Xiong, 2016 ). Given the critical role of political trust in sustaining democracy, it is typically associated with its legitimacy ( Easton, 1975 ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Prior studies about news coverage often focus on one single movement covered by news media in certain periods or a single mainstream newspaper covering protests (e.g., the New York Times ). Limited work has assessed how different types of news media cover different movements in a longer period (Earl et al 2004; Rafail, Walker, and McCarthy 2019; Zhang, Thorgusen, and Fan 2022).…”
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