‘The Anarchists' World Cup’: Respectable Protest and Media Panics

Rosie, Michael; Gorringe, Hugo

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“…A media tendency to prioritise 'sensational' and violent themes, to report rumour and 'anticipated disorder' rather than to report actual (and often disappointingly peaceful) events is well documented (Donson et al 2004;Juris 2005;Murdock 1973;Rosie & Gorringe 2009). From this perspective, press habits prior to the G20 are entirely in line with what we might have expected.…”

Section: The Gathering Storm …supporting

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What a Difference a Death Makes: Protest, Policing and the Press at the G20

Rosie

Gorringe

2009

Sociological Research Online

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The casual observer of the controversy over policing at April 2009's G20 summit in London might have been forgiven for imagining that Britain's media serves as a bulwark against the abuse of power, fearlessly illuminating and condemning injustice. The publication of video footage and eye-witness accounts to heavy-handed protest policing has certainly raised the profile of this issue and led, concretely, to formal investigation of both individual police officers and to policing strategies more broadly. In this paper we examine the policing of protest, and in particular 'anti-systemic' protest, but also examine the role of the newspaper media in the interplay between police and protest. We argue that the media has often fomented and ignored the very 'abuses' they are now so eager to condemn. The key difference between coverage of the 2009 G20 summit and past such events, we contend, is the tragic death of an innocent bystander which has shifted the way in which the media has framed events.2

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Section: The Gathering Storm …supporting

confidence: 71%

What a Difference a Death Makes: Protest, Policing and the Press at the G20

Rosie

Gorringe

2009

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“…While some view any media coverage as positive for social movements, others question this assumption (e.g. Rosie & Gorringe, 2009) and examine how media coverage can suppress social movements (e.g. Boykoff, 2007).…”

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confidence: 98%

The Tea Party Movement, Framing, and the US Media

Boykoff

Laschever

2011

Social Movement Studies

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In February 2009, the Tea Party Movement (TPM) burst onto the political scene in the USA. Emerging out of popular unrest over the economic downturn of 2008 and the perceived radical agenda of President Barack Obama, the Tea Party quickly captured the imagination of disenchanted conservatives. Media coverage of the movement was abundant, with a frame contest between the TPM and its political opponents swiftly surfacing. Media frames bracketed discussions over the authenticity of the Tea Party, the composition of its members, the movement's message, and whether the TPM was poised for a long-term impact. This study systematically analyzes the predominant media frames that materialized in 882 news packets from nine major print and television news sources between in order to better understand the role the US media played in defining the Tea Party, and to determine whether Tea Party perceptions of its media coverage were accurate. Four sets of diametric frames appeared in the media-the Everyday American vs. Non-Mainstream, Grassroots vs. Establishment-Affiliated, Fiscal-Federal Frustrations vs. Amalgam of Grievances, and Election Impact vs. Flash in the Pan. Overall, the TPM succeeded in mobilizing symbolic media representations to advance their goals, achieving politically propitious coverage. US media depicted the TPM with supportive frames more than twice as often as the deprecatory characterizations the activists opposed. This study investigates how the media used these frames and discusses implications of Tea Party coverage as it relates to journalistic norms, social activism, and overarching framing processes.

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“…However, when economic and trade interests, involving internationally protected persons, are at stake, policing is often openly coercive and the rights of protesters are less important than maintaining social control (Baker 2008;Della Porta and Reiter 2006;Martin 2011;McPhail et al 1998). Thus, the use of negotiated management techniques is neither universal nor uniform, as police responses vary depending on the situation and event (Rosie and Gorringe 2009;McPhail et al 1998). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…News reporting can be episodicfocusing on discrete events involving individuals located at specific places; or thematicemphasizing a broader context and societal responsibility (Altheide 1997;Iyengar 1991;Matthes 2009;Nelson et al 1997). Prior research finds that the media have a tendency toward episodic coverage of protest events (Iyengar 1991;Rosie and Gorringe 2009). In episodic coverage, sensationalized stories and images are considered newsworthy.…”

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International Protest Events and the Hierarchy of Credibility: Media Frames Defining the Police and Protestors as Social Problems

Schulenberg

Chenier

2014

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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The objective of the study is to contribute to the discourse about media by investigating frames and journalistic techniques used by the corporate mass media to establish boundaries for understanding police and protesters at the 2010 G20 Summit, any temporal changes, and the applicability of the hierarchy of credibility at this international protest event. Using data from 2009 to 2011 in two national and one local newspaper, a frame analysis seeks to uncover how the media frame behaviour and events, what are the primary and second definers of reality, and how the police and protesters are depicted as social problems. The findings suggest that media portrayals of the social actors are framed within an inferential structure that shifts from protester violence before the summits to police violence afterward. Episodic coverage and the decontextualization of people and events create the boundaries for discussion, through the use of the attribution-of-responsibility, conflict, economic-consequences, and human-interest generic frames in the areas of security, social problems, and controversy. We conclude that the results depart from previous research by suggesting a reconceptualization of the hierarchy of credibility. Within conflict and human interest frames, this crisis event destabilized the police as primary definers of crime in favour of citizens and protesters.

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‘The Anarchists' World Cup’: Respectable Protest and Media Panics

Cited by 42 publications

References 18 publications

What a Difference a Death Makes: Protest, Policing and the Press at the G20

What a Difference a Death Makes: Protest, Policing and the Press at the G20

The Tea Party Movement, Framing, and the US Media

International Protest Events and the Hierarchy of Credibility: Media Frames Defining the Police and Protestors as Social Problems

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