Evaluate the attitudes and stances of Hong Kong newspapers toward Chinese sensitive issue after the handover in 1997: Content analysis of news coverage of South China Morning Post, Apple Daily, Ming Pao, and Wen Wei Po from September to December 2010 about the Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo
(2011) SIMT05 20111Master of Science in Global Studies
Graduate School
Department of Communication and Media
- Abstract
- Hong Kong used to enjoy high degree of press freedom during the period under the British colonial control, however, since the handover to China in 1997, the media self-censorship is becoming explicit. Attributed by the political and economic influences from China, Hong Kong media become more reserved in reporting Chinese sensitive issue, the objectivity and impartiality is threatened. This paper is to study the case of the award of Nobel Peace Prize of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in the method of content analysis; to analyze the news coverage of Hong Kong newspapers around the period of the announcement of the award of Liu Xiaobo till the aftermath of the prize ceremony. It is found that Hong Kong media still enjoy a very high degree of... (More)
- Hong Kong used to enjoy high degree of press freedom during the period under the British colonial control, however, since the handover to China in 1997, the media self-censorship is becoming explicit. Attributed by the political and economic influences from China, Hong Kong media become more reserved in reporting Chinese sensitive issue, the objectivity and impartiality is threatened. This paper is to study the case of the award of Nobel Peace Prize of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in the method of content analysis; to analyze the news coverage of Hong Kong newspapers around the period of the announcement of the award of Liu Xiaobo till the aftermath of the prize ceremony. It is found that Hong Kong media still enjoy a very high degree of press freedom and have diverse political stances when compare to media in China, yet, the economic and political influences from China indeed have affected Hong Kong newspapers, and the situation is worsened along with the duration of handover increased. (Less)
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- author
- Tang, Chor Woon LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMT05 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08, Chinese Governmen, Nobel Peace Priz, Nobel Committee, Content Analysis, Newspaper
- language
- English
- id
- 2153192
- date added to LUP
- 2011-09-20 09:11:21
- date last changed
- 2014-09-08 14:04:10
@misc{2153192, abstract = {{Hong Kong used to enjoy high degree of press freedom during the period under the British colonial control, however, since the handover to China in 1997, the media self-censorship is becoming explicit. Attributed by the political and economic influences from China, Hong Kong media become more reserved in reporting Chinese sensitive issue, the objectivity and impartiality is threatened. This paper is to study the case of the award of Nobel Peace Prize of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in the method of content analysis; to analyze the news coverage of Hong Kong newspapers around the period of the announcement of the award of Liu Xiaobo till the aftermath of the prize ceremony. It is found that Hong Kong media still enjoy a very high degree of press freedom and have diverse political stances when compare to media in China, yet, the economic and political influences from China indeed have affected Hong Kong newspapers, and the situation is worsened along with the duration of handover increased.}}, author = {{Tang, Chor Woon}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Evaluate the attitudes and stances of Hong Kong newspapers toward Chinese sensitive issue after the handover in 1997: Content analysis of news coverage of South China Morning Post, Apple Daily, Ming Pao, and Wen Wei Po from September to December 2010 about the Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo}}, year = {{2011}}, }