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Framing Protest in Online News and Readers’ Comments: The Case of Serbian Protest “Against Dictatorship”

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This research examines the “protest paradigm” in the digital news environment of a \npolitically polarized media system by considering relations between news and online \nreaders’ comments about the Serbian protest Against Dictatorship, which was held in \n2017. Applying content analysis to news and comments from two news websites, our \nstudy indicates the need to account for opposing framing of the protest \n(violence/peacefulness, de/legitimizing and un/democratic) in a polarized environment. \nThe results show that the distribution of opposing frames is guided by the media \nrelations with the government. Online readers’ comments generally enhance this \npolarized pattern of frame distribution, with the exception of the performance frame, \nwhich remains prolific in the media, but absent from readers’ comments.

Source: International journal of communication

Authors: Jelena Kleut, Ana Milojević

Institutions: University of Novi Sad, University of Belgrade, University of Bergen

Language: English

Topic: News Media Framing and Political Communication

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3113978882

FWCI: 1.37

Cites: 5

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10