How framing of nationally and locally sensitive issues varies? A content analysis of news from party and nonparty newspapers in China
How framing of nationally and locally sensitive issues varies? A content analysis of news from party and nonparty newspapers in China
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DOI:
10.1177/1464884917731179
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发表时间:
2018-09
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Xianwen Kuang;Rining Wei
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作者:
Xianwen Kuang;Rining Wei
This study investigates how party and nonparty newspapers in China frame sensitive political issues differently, depending on their geographic relevance. Extant studies indicate that political control influences how news organizations present an issue. The assumption is that the framing of nationally sensitive issues is similar across Chinese news outlets, while the framing of locally sensitive issues diverges. An examination of the news frames used by six newspapers in Guangzhou in their coverage of a nationally sensitive issue and a locally sensitive issue confirms this assumption. In the coverage of the nationally sensitive issue, all newspapers use more leadership frames and factual information than responsibility, conflict and human interest frames. Contrastingly, the party newspapers use more leadership frames, whereas nonparty newspapers use more conflict frames in the reporting of the locally sensitive issue.