The domestication of international news: How newspapers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China cover the 2008 American presidential election
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Chen, Yi-Chu
Abstract
As the only international superpower in present time, the U.S. undoubtedly receives much attention from the rest of the world. The once-every-four-year American presidential election is especially one event that attracts the eye of people. However, for people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, such distant event may require the process of news domestication to be more comprehensible. Therefore, this study aims at exploring different domesticating strategies and factors in these three regions when covering the 2008 American presidential election.
Collecting reporting materials of 6 newspapers from the three regions, the study first conducted a content analysis. The result of content analysis shows differences of domesticating strategies in terms of the origins of news sources, the news subjects, and the tone of coverage. The result indicates that the main factor of domesticating news in Taiwan is commercial interest, while the main factor in China is national interest. Domesticating strategies of newspapers in Hong Kong are influenced both by commercial interest and national interest. Meanwhile, the orientation of media also contributes to the domestication of news.
The second part of the study is a news discourse analysis of news reporting about U.S.-China-Taiwan relationship among coverage of this presidential election. Issues of U.S.-China trade imbalance and cross-strait relation were discussed. The outcome highlights the importance of political stand of media when covering these issues. In addition, by comparing the results of content analysis and news discourse analysis, the study suggests the proximity of issue to domestic audience would play a role in domesticating news.
Subjects
content analysis
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China
American presidential election
news domestication
news discourse analysis
Type
thesis
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