Public perceptions of newspapers’ political positions: A perceptual map of Hong Kong newspapers

McIntyre, Bryce T.

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“…pro-democratic, neutral and pro-government. According to this categorization, Apple Daily belongs to the pro-democratic category; HKEJ and Ming Pao tend to be more neutral, in which newspapers have less apparent political judgments (Lee and Chan, 1990; Mclntyre, 1995); and the pro-government category includes Oriental Daily, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Pao (Yu, 2014). These news coverages are collected via Wisenews, an online database, with the keywords of refugees (難民), asylum seekers (尋求庇護者), non-refoulement claims (免遣返聲請) and torture claims (酷刑聲請).…”

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The securitization of refugees in Hong Kong: government, members of the legislative council and Chinese newspapers (2005 to June 2019)

Choy

2020

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Purpose This paper explores how the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSARG) securitizes internal security, cultural identity and welfare system through refugee policy instruments. It also aims to explore the roles of members of the Legislative Council (Legco) and Chinese newspapers in the securitization process. Design/methodology/approach The author analyzed 6 landmark verdicts, 342 related documents of the Legco, 2,386 news coverages and 408 editorials/ column articles from 6 selected Chinese newspapers from 2005 to mid-2019. While documents of the Legco were collected from the Legco archives, news reports, editorials and column articles were gathered on Wisenews with the keywords, namely, refugees, asylum seekers, torture claims and non-refoulement claims. Findings The author argues that the advanced comprehensive security approach helps to comprehend the securitization process in Hong Kong. The HKSARG, Legco members of the pro-government camp and pro-government Chinese newspapers perform as securitizing actors who regard refugees as an existential threat to the referent objects, i.e. internal security, cultural identity and welfare system. Research limitations/implications There are two significant limitations, namely, the coverage of newspapers and the absence of poll data. This paper merely selected six Chinese newspapers, which do not cover English newspapers and some other Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong. It may neglect some important data. Additionally, owing to the absence of longitudinal poll data, the author chose not to examine the related materials. Originality/value This paper intends to be the first study to provide a longitudinal examination of the transformations of current refugee policies in Hong Kong.

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The securitization of refugees in Hong Kong: government, members of the legislative council and Chinese newspapers (2005 to June 2019)

Choy

2020

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“…The Oriental Daily News (ODN) is usually considered to have the largest circulation of all newspapers in Hong Kong with approximately one tenth of Hong Kong's population äs readers. Mclntyre (1995) considers it to be politically centrist. The populist papers, Sing Pao (SP) and Tin Tin Yat Po (TT), also have substantial circulations.…”

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Point of view and citation: Fourteen Chinese and English versions of the ‛same’ news story

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1997

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Fourteen versions ofthe same news story, a Xinhua release about Li Peng's meeting wifh George Bush, were selectedfor comparison front eleven Hong Kong newspapers and three from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Four are English language newspapers and the rest Chinese. Comparison of five features including switches in point of view, lamination, ambiguous quotation, bylining of a named reporter, andmention ofsetting in the lead revealed dijferences between English and Chinese texts in the structuring of the point of view of quoted newsmakers and in the citation of original sources. While the English language texts diverged most widely from theRenmin Ribao Version, no single feature or combination of features could be used to distinguish a Chinese text from an English one. Two Chinese language papers that based their stories on a Reuter and Agence France Presse release differed in significant ways from the others, and the China Daily, a Chinese Communist Party organ published in English, uses unambiguous direct and indirect quotation, unlike the Renmin Ribao, also a government paper. These papers also differ in bylining practices. The clearest result ofthe study is that the quotation ofthe speech ofothers is a highly ambiguous matter in Chinese, while English journalists present the speech of newsmakers äs unambiguous direct quotation.

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Public perceptions of newspapers’ political positions: A perceptual map of Hong Kong newspapers

Cited by 2 publications

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The securitization of refugees in Hong Kong: government, members of the legislative council and Chinese newspapers (2005 to June 2019)

The securitization of refugees in Hong Kong: government, members of the legislative council and Chinese newspapers (2005 to June 2019)

Point of view and citation: Fourteen Chinese and English versions of the ‛same’ news story

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