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"Protest Paradigm"
Protest paradigm is the tendency of news media to depict civic rioters as notorious, boisterous and deviant. Media reporting focuses on violence, conflict and the spectacular dimension of civic action as opposed to the reasons for or the structural inequality behind it. It is referred to as a master narrative of news coverage that tends to focus on protesters’ tactics, dramatic actions, and spectacle, rather than emphasizing the protesters’ grievances and motives. The protest paradigm is a byproduct of the news reporter’s bias, the impact of the news organization, the cultural and ideological blinders of the existing social system, and the constraints of the medium of broadcasting.