“There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on the spectacle and confrontation — the old journalism adage of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ still prevails in many newsroom decisions…But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.”
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Brown, Danielle K.. "Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 May. 2024. Web. 9 Sep. 2024.
APA
Brown, D. (2024, May. 6). Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 9, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/media-coverage-of-campus-protests-tends-to-focus-on-the-spectacle-rather-than-the-substance/
Chicago
Brown, Danielle K.. "Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 6, 2024. Accessed September 9, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/media-coverage-of-campus-protests-tends-to-focus-on-the-spectacle-rather-than-the-substance/.
Wikipedia
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| title = Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance
| last = Brown
| first = Danielle K.
| work = [[Nieman Journalism Lab]]
| date = 6 May 2024
| accessdate = 9 September 2024
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