Title
NEWS FRAMING OF GOOGLE’S WITHDRAWAL FROM CHINA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN AMERICAN AND CHINESE NEWSPAPER
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department or Program
Mass Communication and Media Arts
Advisor
Xie, Wenjing
Abstract
To compare how different Chinese newspapers and American newspapers frame the issue of Google’s withdrawal from China, I choose China Daily and the New York Times as representatives, adopting an inductive framing analysis method in this research. I systematically choose twenty percent of articles covering the issue from their official website and analyze metaphors, exemplars, catchphrases, depictions in the articles. Moreover, I discuss how ideology, ownership, economic structures, and shareholders influence the framing process as crucial factors.