Protest paradigm researchers theorize that protests are delegitimized in news coverage because of journalistic culture and practices. This study explores the degree to which norms, routines, values and perceptions explain coverage patterns of protest. This mixed-methods study utilizes self-reflections from a survey of US journalists in four regions, alongside a content analysis of their coverage. Our study highlights how objective-observer role conceptions, routines driven by newsworthiness, and a perception-performance gap help explain protest coverage patterns. Importantly, journalists believed they did a better job covering protests than the content analysis showed, raising questions about what protest coverage should look like.

抗议范式研究人员认为，由于新闻文化和惯例，抗议活动在新闻报道中被合法化了。这项研究探讨了规范，惯例，价值观和观念在多大程度上解释了抗议的报道方式。这项混合方法的研究利用了对四个地区美国记者的调查中的自我反省，同时对报道的内容进行了分析。我们的研究强调了客观观察者角色概念，新闻价值驱动的惯例以及感知绩效差距如何帮助解释抗议报道的模式。重要的是，记者认为，他们做了一个更好的工作覆盖抗议大于内容分析表明，提高对抗议覆盖哪些问题应该的样子。