For citation: Lin Fei. Regional theme of ‘Rénmín Rìbào’ (People’s Daily) as a component of Chinese media image // Mediascope. 2021. 4. Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2749
DOI: 10.30547/mediascope.4.2021.5
© Lin Fei
PhD student at the Chair of Periodic Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State, University (Moscow, Russia), Lin.baby@mail.ru
Abstract
This article explores the regional-related media coverage of Сhina's newspaper People’s Daily from January to June 2019. The regional theme in the national daily is viewed as a window for showing the dynamic development of Chinese journalism in the modern digital society.
The main parameters of the regional theme, including the frequency of the presence of regional topics on the newspaper page, the genres of information presentation and the range of topics in the coverage regarding regional life, are defined as components of media national image. The findings show that the frequent presence of regional theme diversity as well as various genres manages to form a multi-faceted media image of China.
Keywords: national newspaper People's Daily, regional theme, media image, China’s policy of reform and openness.
Notes
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