The 2017 Women’s March on Washington: An Analysis of Protest-Sign Messages

Weber, KM; Dejmanee, T; Rhode, F

The 2017 Women’s March on Washington: An Analysis of Protest-Sign Messages

Weber, KM Dejmanee, T

Rhode, F

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Citation:: International Journal of Communication, 2018, 12, pp. 2289-2313
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Weber, KM
dc.contributor.author	Dejmanee, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7517-211X
dc.contributor.author	Rhode, F
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-28T21:21:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-28T21:21:04Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Communication, 2018, 12, pp. 2289-2313
dc.identifier.issn	1932-8036
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/163797
dc.description.abstract	To identify movement member-generated action frames, 695 protest-sign messages from the January 21, 2017, Women’s March on Washington were analyzed thematically. The analysis revealed that personalized action frames were evident in the organizational framing of the protest on Womensmarch.com through the diverse and broadly defined “unity principles,” and in five additional action frames that emerged spontaneously at the march: (1) unity, (2) women as powerful agents of resistance, (3) reappropriating pussy and words for the vagina, (4) criticisms of Trump, and (5) defining and critiquing feminism. Implications for social movement research and for the study of collective and personalized action frames are discussed.
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Communication
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.title	The 2017 Women’s March on Washington: An Analysis of Protest-Sign Messages
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Abstract:

To identify movement member-generated action frames, 695 protest-sign messages from the January 21, 2017, Women’s March on Washington were analyzed thematically. The analysis revealed that personalized action frames were evident in the organizational framing of the protest on Womensmarch.com through the diverse and broadly defined “unity principles,” and in five additional action frames that emerged spontaneously at the march: (1) unity, (2) women as powerful agents of resistance, (3) reappropriating pussy and words for the vagina, (4) criticisms of Trump, and (5) defining and critiquing feminism. Implications for social movement research and for the study of collective and personalized action frames are discussed.

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