Media bias, ie, slanted news coverage, can strongly impact the public perception of the
reported topics. In the social sciences, research over the past decades has developed …

▪ Abstract State repression includes harassment, surveillance/spying, bans, arrests, torture,
and mass killing by government agents and/or affiliates within their territorial jurisdiction …

The exercise of power has been an implicit theme in research on the use of social media for
political protest, but few studies have attempted to measure social media power and its …

In the spring of 2006, millions of Latinos across the country participated in the largest civil
rights demonstrations in American history. In this timely and highly anticipated book, Chris …

Terrorist attacks often dominate news coverage as reporters seek to provide the public with
information. Yet, not all incidents receive equal attention. Why do some terrorist attacks …

The updated and expanded third edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed book brings this
analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent …

We contribute to research on the management of social perceptions by considering the
relative effectiveness of a firm's technical and ceremonial actions in managing media …

Protest event analysis (PEA) has become a key method of social movement research over
the past decades. Oliver et al.(2003) even list the increasing use of PEA among the top four …

Research about the effects of an organization's general reputation following a negative
event remains equivocal: Some studies have found that high reputation is a benefit because …

This paper explores the extent to which firms targeted by consumer boycotts strategically
react to defend their public image by using prosocial claims: expressions of the …