The Capitol Insurrection Challenged How the U.S. Media Frames Unrest
Typically news coverage pays more attention to disruptive tactics than to the aims of protesters, especially when it comes to anti-Black racism protests or action that radically challenges the status quo.
The chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday wasn’t typical. Nor was the coverage.
As a researcher of media and social movements, I was absorbed by the violent events that unfolded. My research on protests shows that how the media portrays unrest – as riot or resistance, for example – helps shape the public’s view of the protest’s aims. Typically news coverage pays more attention to disruptive tactics than to the aims of protesters, especially when it comes to anti-Black racism protests or action that radically challenges the status quo.
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Big Tech’s decision to ban the Parler app and block outgoing President Trump is stoking support for alternative social networking sites and apps that bill themselves as promoting free speech and privacy.
Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. took the strongest action yet to address accusations that their platforms are being used to stoke conspiracy theories, misinformation and incite violence after a mob at a Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol last week. Right-wing users have felt maligned and moved to alternative sites such as Parler, backed by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of hedge fund investor Robert Mercer. A rush to the site late last year made Parler the top downloaded app following President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
SAF on Offense, Launching TV Ad, Ramping Up Media Marketing Ammoland Inc. Posted on
The Second Amendment Foundation is going on offense with a hard-hitting television ad appearing on several different networks.
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- With Capitol Hill now under Democrat control and Joe Biden preparing to fulfill a lifelong dream of being president Jan. 20, rough times may be ahead for the firearms community, so the Second Amendment Foundation is taking an aggressive posture “to protect the Second Amendment” from Biden and Kamala Harris.
The two-pronged effort began with the announcement that SAF had signed an agreement with Parscale Strategies to produce digital media marketing and social media advertising. Founder and CEO Brad Parscale served as a digital consultant and political adviser to Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, and also served for a time as campaign manager. He also served as the digital media director on the president’s 2016 campaign, SAF
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At the heart of Wednesday s riot at the U.S. Capitol, a desecration of the seat and symbol of American government that left five people dead, is the baseless claim that November s presidential election was stolen.
President Donald Trump has been the primary propagator of that myth, seeding the ground for many months by boasting at rallies that the only way he could lose was if the election were rigged, and later lying that he d scored a landslide victory. He accelerated false claims of fraud after his actual loss to Joe Biden, culminating in a Stop the Steal speech that exhorted followers to show strength and march to the Capitol where Congress was about to certify Biden s electoral vote victory. Insurrection followed.
Big tech’s decision to ban the Parler app and block outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is stoking support for alternative social networking sites and apps that bill themselves as promoting free speech and privacy.
Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. took the strongest action yet to address accusations that their platforms are being used to stoke conspiracy theories, misinformation and incite violence after a mob at a Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol last week. Right-wing users have felt maligned and moved to alternative sites like Parler, backed by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of hedge fund investor Robert Mercer. A rush to the site late last year made Parler the top downloaded app following President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.