Framing Analysis of Media Coverage of Protest Movements : A Systematic Review of Literature

Abstract

This study provides a systematic review of scholarship exploring the coverage of protests  using framing theory. Media coverage plays a very important role in determining how a  protest movement will play out in the public sphere and an important method of analysing  such media coverage is framing analysis. This paper looks at the literature generated by  media and social researchers regarding coverage of protests using framing analysis and  creates a systematic review that will be useful for further research. This paper systematically  reviews 50 research papers selected through inclusion and exclusion criterias identified  through PRISMA guidelines. This paper creates a typology of generic and issues based  frames used in media coverage of protests. This paper also looks at the conceptual issues  associated with framing theories.