Politicizing sports how western and asian newspapers frame the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

• Main Author: Wang, Lin.
• Other Authors: Hao Xiaoming
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Media bias
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14806
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Olympics, as one of the most important international sporting events, have always been fused with politics. In communication research, a major question raised by scholars who examine media’s coverage of Olympics is whether the media are agents of politics when reporting Olympics or independent agent...