Covering the Libyan War

Shixin Ivy Zhang

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1738-4_5

Covering the Libyan War

Shixin Ivy Zhang

School of International Communications

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the the news coverage and journalists’ practices during the 2011 Libyan War. The content analysis and CDA demonstrate that both People’s Daily and Global Times carry more peace-oriented news than the war-oriented news. While People’s Daily focuses on the theme of international relations and diplomacy with a neutral editorial position, Global Times focuses more on the theme of conflict and violence with an editorial position that is pro-Gaddafi and anti-West. In practice, the two themes of peace journalism, diversity of voices and humanity, have been identified in Chinese journalists’ war coverage and their perceptions. But journalists are skeptical about the readers’ appetite and demands for the causes and consequences of conflicts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
Publisher	Springer
Pages	89-109
Number of pages	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1738-4_5
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
ISSN (Print)	2662-7922
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-7930

Keywords

Global Times
Libya
Peace journalism
People’s Daily

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Development
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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