Examining the News Content of Cross-Strait Dialogues from a Perspective of Deliberative and Diverse Reporting: A Case Study of the First Four Chiang-Chen Talks
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Ho, Chih-Chung
Abstract
Abstract
Chiang-Chen talks have been a turning point of cross-strait relations in recent years. The talks re-open an official negotiation channel between Taiwan and China, discuss critical issues concerning the interests of Taiwanese people, and catch national and international attention. The media should take responsibility as a public instrument in dealing with the issues of cross-strait negotiations, faithfully present various opinions on Chiang-Chen talks, and put emphasis on both diverse reporting and the quality of diverse opinions.
The study begins with a literature review on the media performance in cross-strait negotiations and clarifies what an ideal role the media should play in the public sphere to choose an appropriate thesis point: from diverse reporting to deliberative reporting, the concept which the media act as a public sphere actually comes down in one continuous line and becomes an indicator to examine the news content of the first four Chiang-Chen talks.
Therefore, first of all, the study hopes to examine the quantity of diverse opinions in The United Daily News, The China Times, The Liberty Times, and Apple Daily. The research applies content analysis and H-statistic for quantitative analysis and aims at outlining the news content of the first four Chiang-Chen Talks. The study discovers the four newspapers show a diversity of subjects. However, the four newspapers have different yet inadequate news sources. The deficiency remains to be improved.
The second part of the study further examines the quality of opinions in the four newspapers and picks two sub-events from the issues of economic cooperation in the first four Chiang-Chen talks , the signing of MOU and the halting of the cross-strait tax agreement, for narrative analysis. After a deep examination, the study discovers the diversity of quantity is not equal to the one of quality. In dealing with significant Chiang-Chen talks, the four newspapers do not perfectly present the content of deliberative reporting. Each has its deficiency and fails to present a multi-dimensional context and the quality of diverse opinions. The result of the study requires the journalism to reflect on.
Subjects
deliberative reporting
diversity
Chiang-Chen Talks
public sphere
content analysis
narrative analysis
Type
thesis
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