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“Antagonistic Describes The Scene:” Local News Portrayals Of The New Left And The Escalation Of Protest At The University Of South Carolina, 1970, Alyssa Jordan Constad
“Antagonistic Describes The Scene:” Local News Portrayals Of The New Left And The Escalation Of Protest At The University Of South Carolina, 1970, Alyssa Jordan Constad
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Throughout the social upheaval of the 1960s, television news and dissident social movements developed a salient relationship. News coverage of campus movements and protests not only informed audiences of what protest looked like, but shaped the actions and reactions of both the protestors and those who opposed them. How national media outlets, particularly televised newscasts, affected the social movements of the 1960s on a national level has been well documented. However, media, specifically local television newscasts, also helped to shape movements on a grass roots level. Looking at local television news footage from Columbia, South Carolina, this paper will seek …