Protesters at the news gates: An experimental study of journalists’ news judgment of protest events

Media attention is a key political resource for protesters. This implies that journalists are a crucial audience to which protesters seek to appeal. We study to what extent features of protest, of journalists, and of news organizations affect journalists’ news judgment. We exposed 78 Spanish journalists to vignettes of asylum seeker protests. Four features were systematically manipulated: protesters’ worthiness, unity, numbers, and commitment (WUNC). The experiments scrutinize the extent to which journalists consider a protest newsworthy (presence) and the likelihood that a protest is featured on a newspaper’s front page (prominence). Our results show that in terms of media presence, high turnout is key. Highly unified protesters, in contrast, are considered less newsworthy. Regarding prominence, strongly committed demonstrators more easily make it to the frontpage. Individual characteristics of journalists have no direct effect on news judgment. Journalists’ editorial status and ideological (outlet) placement only moderate the effect of some of the protest features, although in terms of front-page placement a more potent adversary versus ally effect is distinguished.

Media Presentation of Homicide: Examining Characteristics of Sensationalism and Fear of Victimization and Their Relation to Newspaper Article Prominence

This study explores how characteristics of a homicide affect prominence of the story in a newspaper (including front-page placement, photographs, article length, and a composite measure of these items). Using a sample of 3,998 newspaper articles from the Vancouver Sun (2004–2015), we examine how homicides that (a) may be deemed “sensational crimes” or (b) may incite fear of personal victimization are related to greater prominence. Findings suggest the presence of sensational characteristics have a greater impact on article prominence than the presence of fear-inciting characteristics. Implications for public perception of homicide events and policy are discussed.

RESEARCH OF MAIN TRENDS OF MODERN WEB SITES DEVELOPMENT

The article contains the following sections: introduction, research results, conclusions and prospects for further research. In the introduction, a problem regarding the current trends in the development of web pages is considered, an analysis of recent research and publications is carried out, and the purpose of the article is formulated. The second section of the article reflects the main steps that should be followed in the development of web pages, namely: the collection of materials for the development of a web page (technical task), the division of the technical task into components; designing a web page; ; developing Web page (front-end and back-end) components; testing a web page by component; web page placement. The main components of the front-end development are described. \A detailed review of the text editor Sublime Text , as one of the most popular text editors with a wide range of convenient tools for the selection, marking and text code fragments, , is carried out. Since for modern developers a plugin is an integral part of the tools, the article discusses this concept and also describes the most popular plugins for Sublime Text: Package Control, JavaScript & NodeJS Snippets, Emmet, Advanced New File, Git, GitGutter, Sidebar Enhancements , ColorPicker, Placeholders, DocBlockr, SublimeCodeIntel, Minify, Sublime Linter, Color Highlighter. An example of developing an elementary web page is given to demonstrate the use of the described plug-ins, which consists of the following sections: a header; homepage; about us; contacts; basement. The use of the carousel interactive component has been demonstrated. The nuances of using frameworks and their components, such as CSS-Framework and Bootstrap, are considered. As a result of the research, a clear algorithm for the development of an elementary web page has been formed and and methods and means that can be used for this are described. The conclusions are about the prospects for the development of technologies for creating highquality web pages.

Protests on the Front Page: Media Salience, Institutional Dynamics, and Coverage of Collective Action in the New York Times, 1960-1995

Past research has illuminated consistent patterns in the type of protests that receive media attention. Still, we know relatively little about the differential prominence editors assign to events deemed worthy of coverage. We argue that while media routines shape whether events are covered, mass media organizations, social institutions, and systemic changes are important factors in determinations of prominence. To examine patterns of prominence, this study analyzes the factors influencing page placement patterns of protests covered in the New York Times, 1960-1995. We find that (1) protests are less likely to appear prominently over time, but this effect is conditioned by the paper’s editorial and publishing regime; (2) regime effects were especially consequential for civil rights and peace protests; (3) effects of event size and violence weakened over time; and (4) events embedded within larger cycles of protest coverage during less constricted news cycles were more likely to be featured prominently.