TY - JOUR
T1 - How to play the game of intellectual property rights in China
T2 - the impact of party affiliation and media location on the use of media frames
AU - Liu, Jing
AU - Yao, Zhengyu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/7/4
Y1 - 2015/7/4
N2 - This paper explores the dynamic between media and social-political forces through a content analysis of Chinese media coverage of intellectual property rights (IPRs) since China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. We examined how media attributes, such as party affiliation and media location, have influenced the use of media frames. Three media frames were extracted from previous studies: (1) national interest; (2) cost and benefit; and (3) legal/contractual. Our results demonstrate that both media attributes exert significant influence on the use of media frames in IPRs coverage: the closer a news organization is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, the more likely it would adopt a national interest frame. Moreover, national press and party newspapers are more likely to adopt the national interest frame in covering IPRs-related issues; whereas, regional/popular and professional press are more likely to report the IPRs-related issues from economic and legal perspectives.
AB - This paper explores the dynamic between media and social-political forces through a content analysis of Chinese media coverage of intellectual property rights (IPRs) since China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001. We examined how media attributes, such as party affiliation and media location, have influenced the use of media frames. Three media frames were extracted from previous studies: (1) national interest; (2) cost and benefit; and (3) legal/contractual. Our results demonstrate that both media attributes exert significant influence on the use of media frames in IPRs coverage: the closer a news organization is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, the more likely it would adopt a national interest frame. Moreover, national press and party newspapers are more likely to adopt the national interest frame in covering IPRs-related issues; whereas, regional/popular and professional press are more likely to report the IPRs-related issues from economic and legal perspectives.
KW - content analysis
KW - framing
KW - globalization studies
KW - journalism
KW - newspaper
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U2 - 10.1080/01292986.2014.968593
DO - 10.1080/01292986.2014.968593
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938415478
SN - 0129-2986
VL - 25
SP - 371
EP - 392
JO - Asian Journal of Communication
JF - Asian Journal of Communication
IS - 4
ER -