Graduation Year
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Criminology
Major Professor
Lyndsay Boggess, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Ráchael Powers, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Mateus Rennó Santos, Ph.D.
Keywords
Race, Demonstrations, Media, News, Politics
Abstract
The study examines the media coverage of Black Lives Matter protest in years 2014 & 2020. I collected a sample of articles (n=120) from 6 national-level media outlets that varied in political leans. Using the Protest Paradigm and Racial Threat theoretical frameworks to analyze the results, findings suggest that the articles do reflect upon the Protest Paradigm through overall negative sentiment and significant references to looting. I also argue that articles may also reflect racial threat due to a lack of transparency of protesters’ racial makeup or diversity attending demonstrations.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ruiz, Rebecca Angela, "Testing the Protest Paradigm and Racial Threat: Analyzing Articles of BLM Protests in 2014 and 2020" (2022). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/10350
