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

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...

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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
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-148062019-12-10T11:53:17Z Politicizing sports how western and asian newspapers frame the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Wang, Lin. Hao Xiaoming Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Media bias 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 agents. This study, using media frames theory, analyses the news coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games, which were published from the day Beijing was awarded the honour to host the Games to the Tibet riot breakout, as an index to investigate how the Western and Asian newspapers present news about this international sporting event. Master of Mass Communication 2009-02-06T07:52:06Z 2009-02-06T07:52:06Z 2009 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14806 en Nanyang Technological University 80 p. application/pdf
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description	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 agents. This study, using media frames theory, analyses the news coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games, which were published from the day Beijing was awarded the honour to host the Games to the Tibet riot breakout, as an index to investigate how the Western and Asian newspapers present news about this international sporting event.
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title	Politicizing sports how western and asian newspapers frame the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
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Politicizing sports how western and asian newspapers frame the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

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