The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social MovementsRoutledge, 2006 - 375 pages Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement. |
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... demonstrators who are hoping to disrupt meetings of interna- tional - lending organizations . " CNN consistently adopted this frame . In another segment , Bob Franken ( 2000 ) reported , " Police fully expect the demonstrators to try to ...
... demonstrators who are hoping to disrupt meetings of interna- tional - lending organizations . " CNN consistently adopted this frame . In another segment , Bob Franken ( 2000 ) reported , " Police fully expect the demonstrators to try to ...
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... demonstrators " pelted officers in some locations with rocks and bottles " ( Burgess and Pearlstein 1999b ) . Other news outlets followed suit , with CNBC's Geraldo Rivera ( 1999 ) calling protesters " rag - tag army of demonstrators ...
... demonstrators " pelted officers in some locations with rocks and bottles " ( Burgess and Pearlstein 1999b ) . Other news outlets followed suit , with CNBC's Geraldo Rivera ( 1999 ) calling protesters " rag - tag army of demonstrators ...
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... demonstrators ? " This is a difficult question , and one that reporters covering major protests events must contend with . In an article in the Columbia Journalism Review , Brent Cunningham ( 2003 , 26 ) excavates the term objectivity ...
... demonstrators ? " This is a difficult question , and one that reporters covering major protests events must contend with . In an article in the Columbia Journalism Review , Brent Cunningham ( 2003 , 26 ) excavates the term objectivity ...
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