On Strike: Social Constructions of Teachers on Strike in New Media Images

• In Event: Education Policy, Educators and Strikes

Brief Overview

Applying Schneider & Ingram’s theory of social constructions of target populations, this paper illuminates how teachers are portrayed in news media photos across strikes from 2012 to 2019. We demonstrate how deservingness shifted after 2018.

Authors

• Sandy Lynn Frost Waldron, Michigan State University

• Rebecca Jacobsen, Michigan State University