News Framework of China and the Philippines on the South China Sea Issue: Taking China Daily and Manila Times as Examples
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53469/ijomsr.2024.07(01).07Keywords:
South China Sea Issue, News Framework, China Daily, Manila Times, Communication Discourse StructureAbstract
The South China Sea issue is a national territorial issue and an international dispute that affects the peace, stability and security of the world. During this period, the news organizations of both countries have also given many descriptions of this dispute. Therefore, this paper compares the differences in the descriptions of the dispute between the two countries by studying the reporting frameworks of news organizations representative of the two countries, and the China Dailyand Manila Times was selected for this study.on the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines from 2013 to 2015 as samples, to examine the characteristics and differences of newspaper frameworks constructed by newspapers in China and the Philippines. This study demonstrated through framework analysis that China's external communication structure in this conflict is sovereignty, resolute defense, accountability, problem-solving, and non acceptance of arbitration. This article also studied the reports on the conflict between China and the Philippines by China Daily and Manila Times at the same time. It was found that although China Daily presented a relatively complete news schema, its overall structure was more formulaic and singular. Compared with the reports on the Philippines, it was found that the specific content was insufficient and had a distinct emotional color. A panoramic schematic structure should be constructed afterwards to showcase the specific process, in order to better spread China's voice to the world and guide international public opinion.
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