An Asian Voice? A Comparative Study of Channel News Asia and CNN

Abstract

This study examined the claim that Asian journalism is essentially different from Western journalism through a comparative study of Channel News Asia (CNA), an international news channel operated by a Singapore company, and CNN. It analyzed the news bulletins aired by the 2 stations in their special news programs on Asia during 4 constructed weeks over a 6‐month period in 2000. The results show that despite its objective of presenting an Asian perspective in its newscasts, CNA is not significantly different from CNN. Both stations tend to focus on crises and conflicts in their news coverage of Asia. The findings indicate that being Asian does not automatically enable Asian journalists and media to present news about Asia in a way significantly different from their Western counterparts.

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