How framing of nationally and locally sensitive issues varies? A content analysis of news from party and nonparty newspapers in China

Bibliographic Data

ID7478564
AuthorsXianwen Kuang (0000-0001-5650-8557, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, corresponding author), Rining Wei (0000-0001-7438-4244, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
Year2017
Volume19
Issue9-10
Pages1435-1451
Publication date2017-10-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884917731179
OpenAlexW2761811773
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited37

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

Advertising · Business · China · Content analysis · Extant taxon · Framing (construction · Geography · Media studies · News media · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Law