Black Lives Matter to media (finally): A content analysis of news coverage during summer 2020
Abstract
This study examined 286 stories posted about the Black Lives Matter movement and protests following George Floyd’s death by the six most-viewed U.S. news outlets on Facebook during summer 2020. These organizations published a significant amount of content, though the frequency declined throughout the summer. Stories mostly framed protesters positively and police negatively. Organizations regularly used law/crime spot news to frame protests. The findings may signal a potential shift away from the media’s protest paradigm.
Faculty Members
- Jennifer Brannock Cox - Cox is a professor at Salisbury University
Themes
- decline in media coverage
- social movements
- protest paradigm
- media representation
- framing of protests
- Black Lives Matter
Categories
- Behavioral and cognitive sciences
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences nec
- Social sciences
- Social sciences, other
- Sociology, general
- History philosophy of science, technology and society
- Interdisciplinary computer sciences nec
- Area studies
- Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
- Ethnic studies
- Interdisciplinary computer sciences
- Criminology
- Social sciences nec
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences, other
- Sociology, demography, and population studies
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences