Abstract
This study used content analysis to examine the relationships among Chinese officials' openness strategies at news conferences, foreign reporters' aggressiveness, and the valence of foreign media coverage of the Chinese government. Controlling for the time period and political sensitivity of the topics of news conferences, this study found that the foreign reporters' personal evaluations of Chinese officials were negatively associated with the media coverage valence and that Chinese officials' openness strategies were positively correlated with the media coverage valence and moderated the negative association between reporters' evaluations of officials and media coverage valence. Methodological implications are also discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 106-125 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Chinese Journal of Communication |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- China
- aggressiveness
- foreign correspondents
- gatekeeping
- media relations
- news
- openness
- public relations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication