Media and January 6th

Khadijah Costley White is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. She researches politics, social change, and identity in media. Her first book, The Branding of Right-Wing Activism: The News Media and the Tea Party (Oxford, 2018) examines the rise of the Tea Party in online, print, broadcast, and cable news. She has also worked as a journalist for PBS and written for outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic and more.Daniel Kreiss is the Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a principal researcher of the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. Kreiss co-edits the Oxford University Press book series Journalism and Political Communication Unbound and is an associate editor of Political Communication.Shannon C. McGregor is an Associate Professor in theHussman School of Journalism & Media and a Principal Researcher at the Center for Information, Technology, & Public Life - both at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research addresses the role of media and social media in political processes, with a focus on the interplay of three groups essential to a functioning democracy: politicians, journalists, and the public. In addition to academic outlets, McGregor writes often for the public press, and her work appears in outlets such as The Washington Post, Wired, and The Guardian.Rebekah Tromble is Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics and Associate Professor in the School of Media & Public Affairs at George Washington University. Her research focuses on political communication, digital research methodology, and research ethics, with particular interests in political discourse on social media and the impacts of exposure to toxic and abusive content. Dr. Tromble regularly serves as advisor topolicymakers and civil society on digital platform accountability and responsible data access and use. She is a member of the European Digital Media Observatory’s Advisory Board and co-founder of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research.

This insightful book offers a compelling exploration of the Jan. 6 insurrection, urging political communication scholars to delve fully into the event's complexities. With meticulous analysis and thought-provoking perspectives, this text provides a crucial framework for understanding the role of the news media as a tool for both information and reparation during unprecedented times of upheaval.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Understanding Media's Role in January 6th, 2021, Khadijah Costley White, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, Rebekah Tromble, SECTION ONEHow should we understand January 6, 2021?2. It Was an Attempted Coup, The Cline Center's Coup d'État Project Categorizes the January 6, 2021 Assault on the US Capitol, Scott L. Althaus, Joseph Bajjalieh, Jay Jennings, Michael Martin, Buddy Peyton, and Dan Shalmon3. January 6th and the Boundaries of Protest, Danielle K. Brown4. Remembering January 6th: An Insurrection, the Media, and the Shadow of the Tea Party, Khadijah Costley White5. <"Stop the Steal> " and the Racial Legacy of Election Disinformation, Francesca Tripodi6. <"Fake and Fraudulent> " vs. <"An American Right> ": Competing Imaginaries of the Vote in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign, Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Brian McKernan, Christy Khoury, and Pyeonghwa Kim7. The Changing American Racial Landscape and January 6th, Andrew Thompson8. Identity Distillation: The Engine Driving America's Asymmetrically Sorted Mediated Political Crisis, Dannagal G. Young9. January 6th as Logical Extension of Conservative Populism, Paul Elliott Johnson10. Anti-democratic Publics: The January 6th Mob and Digital Organizing, Silvio Waisbord 11. The Ordinary Insurrection: January 6 and the Mainstreaming of Political Violence, Alice E. Marwick 12. The Anti-Democratic Feedback Loop: Right-Wing Media Responses to January 6, Becca Lewis SECTION TWO:What should research look like after January 6, 2021? How can we prevent another January 6, 2021? 13. Online Data and the Insurrection, Megan A. Brown14. What Can <"We> " Do?, Reflections on Politics After January 6, Cynthia Burack15. Political Communication Research at a Time of Democratic Crises, Daniel Kreiss16. It's Not Just the Fruit, It's the Factory Farm: Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of January 6th, Whitney Phillips and Regina Lawrence17. Not Just Higher Truths: Critical Inquiry into Conservative Media After January 6th, Anthony Nadler18. Rethinking Right-wing Media in the Wake of an Attempted Coup, Yunkang Yang19. The Local Roots of January 6th: A Mixed-Methods, Multi-Level Approach to Political Communication, Sadie Dempsey and Jianing Li20. Afflicting the Comfortable, Dave Karpf21. Taking it to the States, Lewis Friedland22. Reparation Through Reporting, Meredith D. Clark23. Epilogue, Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, Rebekah Tromble, and Khadijah Costley White.