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The interplay of politics, ideology, and culture in news framing of President Xi's first state visit

dc.contributor.authorLan, Di, author
dc.contributor.authorPlaisance, Patrick Lee, advisor
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jangyul Robert, committee member
dc.contributor.authorKhrebtan-Hörhager, Julia, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T15:40:59Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T15:40:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn the context of globalization, the media plays a significant role in constructing perceptions of another culture. When constantly expanding understanding of different societies, misperceptions of another culture may also emerge. This is especially true for the current Sino – U.S. relations, as mistrust has been found from both countries in the recent poll. At the time of discouragement and pessimism, Xi Jinping, China's president and the chairman of China's Central Military, arrived in Washington on September 22nd, 2015 and started his first official state visit in the U.S. This study examined media coverage of President Xi's first state visit in order to explore the power dynamics of ideology, politics, and culture between China and the U.S. Conducting comparative media research between U.S. and China breaks through the traditional UK and U.S. basis of communication study, which allowed communication scholars to be aware of non-western journalistic practices and be more sensitive to the global context. A quantitative content analysis with a qualitative assessment of overall frames were used to identify the way The New York Times and the People's Daily framed President Xi's first state visit. Results showed that both The New York Times and the People's Daily chose to highlight and interpret certain aspects of the trip, which led to different general assessments for the visit. There were five frames identified in their coverage, namely the anti-China frame, provocateur frame, recognition frame, great-leader frame and description frame. In addition, the distribution of quoted sources and issue salience were also found to be different in reports of The New York Times and the People's Daily. Possible ideological, cultural and political forces were elaborated upon in order to explain the coverage differences between the two newspapers.
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dc.identifierLAN_colostate_0053N_14031.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/181316
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.titleThe interplay of politics, ideology, and culture in news framing of President Xi's first state visit
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thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Media Communication
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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