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Protest Paradigm in Multimedia: Social Media Sharing of Coverage About the Crime of Ayotzinapa, Mexico

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In 2014 protests erupted around the world after 43 college students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, were kidnapped and massacred. This bilingual, cross-national content analysis explores the relationship between multimedia features in stories about the Ayotzinapa protests and how social media users liked, shared, and commented on that coverage. This study furthers our understanding of the protest paradigm in a digital context, and sheds light on differences in mainstream, alternative, and online media outlets' coverage of protesters. Additionally, this study suggests social media users might prefer more legitimizing coverage of protesters than mainstream media typically offer.

Source: Journal of Communication

DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12296

Authors: Summer Harlow, Ramón Salaverría, Danielle K. Kilgo, Víctor García-Perdomo

Institutions: University of Houston, Universidad de Navarra, The University of Texas at Austin, Universidad de La Sabana

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: green

OpenAlex ID: W2609972068

FWCI: 15.7

Cites: 41

Cited by: 119

Related to: 10