https://doi.org/10.1177/1522637917702618 Journalism & Communication Monographs 2017, Vol. 19(2) 84–152 © 2017 AEJMC Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1522637917702618 http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jmo Monograph Global and Domestic Networks Advancing Prospects for Institutional and Social Change: The Collective Action Response to Violence Against Journalists Jeannine E. Relly 1 and Celeste González de Bustamante 1 Abstract Violence against journalists has emerged as a global human rights issue as the number of those killed in the profession has steadily risen in the new millennium. This research utilized a collective action framework, applying an adapted qualitative network model to examine organizational mobilization, transnational and domestic engagement, normative appeals, information dissemination, lobbying, and prospects for institutional and societal change. Through the Mexico case model application, the study found that instrumental change occurred through adoption of legal and policy institutions. Future research should expand upon social change measurements utilized in this study. We conclude the model can be adapted and utilized in other country cases or in cross-national research. Keywords collective action, freedom of expression, human rights, journalism, networks, social change, violence Antipress violence has emerged as a top threat to journalists’ work around the world (Kim, 2010; Pintak & Ginges, 2008; Waisbord, 2002, 2007; UNESCO, 2015b, 2016b). While journalists covering conventional war have always faced risks, these were from 1 The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Corresponding Author: Jeannine E. Relly, School of Journalism, The University of Arizona, Louise Foucar Marshall Building, 845 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Email: jrelly@email.arizona.edu 702618JMO XX X 10.1177/1522637917702618Journalism & Communication MonographsRelly and González de Bustamante research-article 2017