Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao

This paper seeks to investigate whether the two main newspapers in Singapore, The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, differ in their coverage of news pertaining to China. The premise is that any piece of news should be covered in a similar fashion by both newspapers since they are both papers of recor...

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Main Authors: Ho, Lai Kay, Tan, Ai Cheng
Other Authors: Chua Chong Jin
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14832
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-148322019-12-10T10:58:36Z Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao Ho, Lai Kay Tan, Ai Cheng Chua Chong Jin Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Brian Massey DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Ethics and religion aspects This paper seeks to investigate whether the two main newspapers in Singapore, The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, differ in their coverage of news pertaining to China. The premise is that any piece of news should be covered in a similar fashion by both newspapers since they are both papers of record. However, the assumption of this study is that Lianhe Zaohao (a Chinese newspaper) will report news on China more favorably than The Straits Times (an English newspaper). Bachelor of Communication Studies 2009-02-16T01:10:59Z 2009-02-16T01:10:59Z 1998 1998 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14832 en 90 p. application/pdf
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Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
description This paper seeks to investigate whether the two main newspapers in Singapore, The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, differ in their coverage of news pertaining to China. The premise is that any piece of news should be covered in a similar fashion by both newspapers since they are both papers of record. However, the assumption of this study is that Lianhe Zaohao (a Chinese newspaper) will report news on China more favorably than The Straits Times (an English newspaper).
author2 Chua Chong Jin
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Ho, Lai Kay
Tan, Ai Cheng
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author Ho, Lai Kay
Tan, Ai Cheng
author_sort Ho, Lai Kay
title Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
title_short Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
title_full Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
title_fullStr Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
title_full_unstemmed Bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of Jiang's visit to the United States by the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao
title_sort bias in newspaper reporting : a comparative content analysis on the coverage of jiang's visit to the united states by the straits times and lianhe zaobao
publishDate 2009
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14832
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