Carolina Media & Protest Research Group


The Carolina Media & Protest Research Group (CMAP) is a collection of faculty, graduate students and undergraduates affiliated with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sociology Department studying collective action and the media.

Recent Publications

Beyond the Protest Paradigm: Four Types of News Coverage and America's Most Prominent Social Movement Organizations
What determines the quality of coverage received by social movement organizations when they appear extensively in the news? Research on …
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Beyond the Protest Paradigm: Four Types of News Coverage and America's Most Prominent Social Movement Organizations
When Black Movements Matter: Controlling Images and Black Lives Matter Protests in Media Attention to U.S. Police Killings
This study investigates how the portrayal of Black criminality influences Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and media attention to …
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When Black Movements Matter: Controlling Images and Black Lives Matter Protests in Media Attention to U.S. Police Killings
Mountains of Evidence: Processual “Redpilling” as a Sociotechnical Effect of Disinformation
How do people come to believe far-right, extremist, and conspiratorial ideas they encounter online? This paper examines how …
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Comparing Perceived Disruptiveness and Effectiveness of Protest Tactics
How do U.S. voters view the disruptiveness and effectiveness of social movement tactics? Strategically used assertive tactics can …
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Comparing Perceived Disruptiveness and Effectiveness of Protest Tactics
Extracting Protest Events from Newspaper Articles with ChatGPT
This research note examines the abilities of a large language model (LLM), ChatGPT, to extract structured data on protest events from …
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Extracting Protest Events from Newspaper Articles with ChatGPT
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Recent Presentations

Parasocial Paternalism and Embodied Advice Among TikTok Cosmetic Interventionists
Last updated on May 10, 2024
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Parasocial Paternalism and Embodied Advice Among TikTok Cosmetic Interventionists
Reflections on Generative AI and Social Movements Research
Last updated on May 8, 2024
Reflections on Generative AI and Social Movements Research
"She's Plastic, Would Still Smash:" Morally-Motivated Surveillance and Authenticity Online
Last updated on Aug 17, 2023
Tactical Tension: The Consequences of Protest Actions for Social Movement Coalitions
Last updated on Aug 17, 2023
The Economy versus the Environment: Assessing Economic Sectors of Employment on Workers’ Environmental Attitudes
Last updated on Aug 17, 2023
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