Framing the Anti-War Protests in the Global Village: A Comparative Study of Newspaper Coverage in Three Countries
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/ This study compared newspaper coverage of anti-war protests in three countries based on the theoretical framework of framing. News stories in The New York Times, The Times and the People's Daily over a period of six months were analyzed in terms of news selection, prominence, sourcing pattern, frames, themes and overall favorability toward the protestors. Results show significant differences not only in coverage between contrasting media systems (US and Britain vs China), but also between comparable media systems (US vs Britain). Reasons for these differences and theoretical implications are explored.
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Scholars have argued that western media often dominate news cycles and greatly influence coverage of global events.
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- Authors
- Peng, Z.
- Affiliations
- St. Cloud State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zengjun Peng
- Venue
- International Communication Gazette
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-10
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 361-377
- ISSN
- 1748-0485 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-0493
- OpenAlex
- W2010893500
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 13.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Communication Gazette (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Journalism and Media Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Discourse and Social Analysis
- Keywords
- anti-war protest, news framing, media coverage, United States, United Kingdom, China, New York Times, The Times, People's Daily, news selection, news sourcing, news prominence
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