Framing Falun Gong: Xinhua news agency's coverage of the new religious movement in China

Chen, Chiung Hwang

doi:10.1080/0129298042000329775

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“…Although news media framing is expected to be different because of varying geographic relevance of sensitive news, we know little about which frames are used more frequently when the news is nationally or locally sensitive. Extant research only informs that the Chinese Xinhua News Agency usually frames the Chinese government positively in their coverage of scandals (Feng et al, 2012) and that most news media still uphold the government ideology in their reporting of sensitive issues (Chen, 2006).…”

Section: Geographic Relevance Of Sensitive Newsmentioning

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

Kuang

Wei

2017

Journalism

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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.

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Section: Geographic Relevance Of Sensitive Newsmentioning

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

Kuang

Wei

2017

Journalism

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“…With Chinese and U.S. news outlets exemplifying distinct media systems, the coverage is very likely to differ between the two. First, Chinese media generally follow a style of positive reporting (Gagliardone and P al 2017), which results in prevalent pro-government framing compared to U.S. media's anti-government coverage the Chinese economy (Zhao and Xiang 2019), rise of internal social movements (Chen 2005;Fahmy 2011, 2013;Moyo 2010;Zeng, Zhou, and Li 2015), product safety scandals (Feng, Brewer, and Ley 2012;Hong 2013;Siu 2010), environmental pollution (Chen 2018;Tilt and Xiao 2010), health crises (Beaudoin 2007;Bright et al 2020;Li, Brewer, and Ley 2017;Wu 2006), and diplomatic disputes (Cox 2012). Pro-government reporting is not equivalent to a single frame though.…”

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Soft Power Journalism: A Visual Framing Analysis of COVID-19 on Xinhua and VOA’s Instagram Pages

Damanhoury

Garud-Paktar

2021

Digital Journalism

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The coronavirus pandemic has been a battleground for China and the U.S. to score political points on international media. With outlets from both countries exemplifying distinct media systems, the coverage is very likely to differ between Chinese and U.S. media. Previous studies point to key differences across the two, with Chinese media being more pro-government, more focussed on the African community, and less reliant on reporting that emphasizes personal stories and negative economic impacts. Using visual framing as a theoretical lens, this study explores the intersection of soft power and journalism in Xinhua and Voice of America's (VOA) visual coverage of the coronavirus pandemic on Instagram. A quantitative and qualitative visual analyses of 1911 photographs reveals that Xinhua serves as a prototypical soft power media organization that projects pro-government narratives and downplays negative economic and social consequences of the crisis, while VOA operates as an aggregator of content from predominantly Western sources that viewers can consume elsewhere, hence making its coverage redundant and likely less effective and coherent. The study discusses the implications of both photojournalistic approaches on the global media market.

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“…The agency distributes important national and international news to most domestic Chinese mass media (Zeng, Zhou, and Li ). Many studies use Xinhua 's coverage to indicate how China controls and disseminates information (e.g., Chen ; Hong ; Murphy and Vilceanu ; Zeng, Zhou, and Li ). Content analyses of Xinhua 's articles can thus provide pertinent information about the Chinese regime's information flows and blame avoidance strategies during epidemics.…”

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Information Dilemmas and Blame‐Avoidance Strategies: From Secrecy to Lightning Rods in Chinese Health Crises

Bækkeskov

Rubin

2016

Governance

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China and other authoritarian states notoriously keep mum about disasters. Yet two recent but dissimilar Chinese responses to infectious disease epidemics show that authoritarian crisis management can shift from secrecy to openness. China maintained prolonged secrecy during 2003 SARS, yet was open from day one about 2009 H1N1 flu. To explore why, this article links crisis information dilemmas to blame avoidance concepts from democratic political theories. We argue that greater Chinese transparency about infectious disease response reflects evolution in blame avoidance, from heavy reliance on information control to insulating leaders by using technical experts and agencies as “lightning rods.” In 2003, the Chinese strategy of information containment and secrecy backfired, and the Chinese leadership eventually received blame at home and internationally for crisis mismanagement. In 2009, China put in place public health specialists and institutions as responsible for H1N1 information and responses, thereby insulating the top‐tier leadership.

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Framing Falun Gong: Xinhua news agency's coverage of the new religious movement in China

Cited by 25 publications

References 27 publications

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

Soft Power Journalism: A Visual Framing Analysis of COVID-19 on Xinhua and VOA’s Instagram Pages

Information Dilemmas and Blame‐Avoidance Strategies: From Secrecy to Lightning Rods in Chinese Health Crises

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