Representation of Vietnam in 2006:A Comparative Study between Western and Local Media

Le Trieu Thanh

doi:10.3126/bodhi.v2i1.2864

Representation of Vietnam in 2006:A Comparative Study between Western and Local Media

Bodhi An Interdisciplinary Journal ◽

10.3126/bodhi.v2i1.2864 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 64-88

Author(s):

Le Trieu Thanh

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Local Media ◽

News Frame ◽

Straight Ahead

But, like any frame that delineates a world, the news frame may be considered problematic. The view through a window depends upon whether the window is large or small, has many panes or few, whether the glass is opaque or clear, whether the windows faces a street or a backyard. The unfolding scene also depends upon where one stands, far or near, craning one's neck to the side, or gazing straight ahead, eyes parallel to the wall in which the window is encased" (Gaye Tuchman - Making news: A study in the Construction of Reality, 1978, p.1) DOI: 10.3126/bodhi.v2i1.2864 Bodhi Vol.2(1) 2008 p.64-88

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Media representation of China in the time of pandemic: A comparative study of Kenyan and Ethiopian media

Journal of African Media Studies ◽

10.1386/jams_00057_1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 417-434 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hangwei Li

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Media Representation ◽

African Countries ◽

News Production ◽

Media Environment ◽

Professional Norms ◽

Local Media ◽

The Media ◽

Crisis Responses ◽

Depth Interviews

China has been a pivotal player throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is very little research on how China’s role and effort have been interpreted among African countries that are diverged in their crisis responses. Through content and discourse analysis of the local media and more than 50 in-depth interviews, this study investigates media representation of China during the coronavirus pandemic in the Kenyan and Ethiopian newspapers, specifically Kenyan’s Daily Nation and The Standard, and the Ethiopian Herald and The Reporter. This study finds that Kenyan newspapers adopted a more critical and problem-centred narrative, as many of its news articles are organized around problems such as the ‘debt-trap diplomacy’, and the mistreatment of Africans in Guangzhou during the pandemic. Unlike Kenyan newspapers, Ethiopian newspapers adopted a more positive and favourable tone towards China. This article also captures the dynamics behind the production of China-related news during the pandemic, and discusses how the media environment, professional norms, journalistic habitus, the ‘rules of games’ (i.e. who counts as an important source) have fundamentally shaped the news production.

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