Russian-Ukrain War: A comparative analysis of framing in Los Angeles Times and China Daily.

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2022-06-13

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This study compares the difference of framing in Chinese media represented by China Daily and the US media represented by the Los Angeles Times, covered the event of conflict between Russian and Ukraine. A quliatative disourse analysis of the 20 news reports, with 10 from each news site, showed that China Daily and the LA Times used different news frame in their narratives of this international conflict. While China daily presented leadership and responsibility frame, the LA times included ecnomic and human interest frame. The ideology influence between two countries play am important role on the way they framed the news articles. The result showed that the media in both countries are under certain control of government, but the government control and political ideology has strong effects on the Chinese newspaper.

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