CelloMomOnCars, 1 month ago "These core elements – grievances, demands, disruption, confrontation and spectacle – are present in nearly all protests. [But] time and again, #coverage tends to headline the parts of the protest that are sensational and #disruptive. And this neglects the political substance of the protests." https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-campus-protests-tends-to-focus-on-the-spectacle-rather-than-the-substance-229172 This kind of coverage also plays into the false narrative that protesters are "radicals" or even "terrorists". It enables that framing.
"These core elements – grievances, demands, disruption, confrontation and spectacle – are present in nearly all protests.
[But] time and again, #coverage tends to headline the parts of the protest that are sensational and #disruptive.
And this neglects the political substance of the protests."
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-campus-protests-tends-to-focus-on-the-spectacle-rather-than-the-substance-229172
This kind of coverage also plays into the false narrative that protesters are "radicals" or even "terrorists". It enables that framing.