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How News Media Influences Readers’ Attitudes Toward the United States: A case study of Global Times and People’s Daily reporting

Kursinskis, Jacob Andrew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153210474686963

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2018, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Despite American news media warnings of a rising Chinese nationalism reaching back decades, new research suggests that Chinese nationalism is not rising, thus it appears there is only a perception that Chinese nationalism is rising. Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the effects of news media coverage, and since U.S-China relations have been moving towards more confrontational, this research examines the effects that the so-called nationalist Global Times coverage has on readers’ attitudes toward the United States compared to the more reserved and more “official” People’s Daily. This study took initial reporting and commentaries from the Global Times and People’s Daily on the same issues and had participants read one of the eight articles before taking a survey measuring their opinions toward five aspects of the United States. This study also included a control group who only took the opinion survey. The study found, among other things, that participants who read the Global Times’s reporting on political and economic matters generally expressed more negative opinions toward even unrelated aspects of the United States such as its society and people than did participants who read People’s Daily or were part of the control group that did not read a news article. This study’s findings, coupled with a better understanding of Global Times’ role in the Chinese media system, can help American academics and policymakers better contextualize Chinese media reporting on the United States and develop more appropriate responses.
Xiaobin Jian (Advisor)
Galal Walker (Committee Member)
63 p.
Asian Studies; International Relations
Global Times; Peoples Daily; News media; Attitudes toward the United States; US-China Relations

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  • Kursinskis, J. A. (2018). How News Media Influences Readers’ Attitudes Toward the United States: A case study of Global Times and People’s Daily reporting [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153210474686963

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kursinskis, Jacob. How News Media Influences Readers’ Attitudes Toward the United States: A case study of Global Times and People’s Daily reporting. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153210474686963.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kursinskis, Jacob. "How News Media Influences Readers’ Attitudes Toward the United States: A case study of Global Times and People’s Daily reporting." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153210474686963

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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