TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing international news in China
T2 - An analysis of trans-edited news in Chinese newspapers
AU - Kuang, Xianwen
AU - Wang, Hui
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - This research explores the variations between Chinese party and non-party newspapers in the framing of trans-edited international news. Existing studies on the framing of Chinese domestic news show that the variations depend on the sensitivity of news, which invokes government control. However, it is not clear how strictly the government would control international news and whether party and non-party news organizations would show similarities or variations in the framing of it. To address these issues, we conducted a comparative quantitative content analysis of 806 pieces of trans-edited international news from one party newspaper and one non-party newspaper. The findings show that the party and non-party newspapers show similarity on the use of three frames but small variations on the other four. This implies a strong control of the Chinese government on the reporting of international news. By comparison, the government control has stronger effects on the party newspaper than on its non-party counterpart.
AB - This research explores the variations between Chinese party and non-party newspapers in the framing of trans-edited international news. Existing studies on the framing of Chinese domestic news show that the variations depend on the sensitivity of news, which invokes government control. However, it is not clear how strictly the government would control international news and whether party and non-party news organizations would show similarities or variations in the framing of it. To address these issues, we conducted a comparative quantitative content analysis of 806 pieces of trans-edited international news from one party newspaper and one non-party newspaper. The findings show that the party and non-party newspapers show similarity on the use of three frames but small variations on the other four. This implies a strong control of the Chinese government on the reporting of international news. By comparison, the government control has stronger effects on the party newspaper than on its non-party counterpart.
KW - China
KW - international news
KW - news framing
KW - political affiliation of news organization
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U2 - 10.1177/2059436420924947
DO - 10.1177/2059436420924947
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086868806
SN - 2059-4372
VL - 5
SP - 188
EP - 202
JO - Global Media and China
JF - Global Media and China
IS - 2
ER -