“They Always Get Our Story Wrong”: Addressing Social Justice Activists’ News Distrust Through Solidarity Reporting

Anita Varma, Brad Limov and Ayleen Cabas-Mijares
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Anita Varma: School of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Brad Limov: School of Journalism and Media, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Ayleen Cabas-Mijares: Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University, USA

Media and Communication, 2023, vol. 11, issue 4, 286-296

Abstract: This study positions social justice activists’ objections to dominant reporting norms as a catalyst for critically reassessing these norms and their connection to diminishing trust in US journalism. Based on a conceptual application of discourse ethics to journalism and qualitative analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with social justice activists, we examine how participants experience and evaluate mainstream coverage of social justice, and why they think journalism could improve its trustworthiness through practices consistent with solidarity reporting norms.

Keywords: activism; journalism; trust in news; social justice; solidarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i4.7006

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