Taiwan – Journalism research news

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ARTICLE: Politically active people in Taiwan still read print newspapers

Tien-Tsung Lee of the University of Kansas, and Yuki Fujioka of Georgia State University analyzed data from the Taiwan Communication Survey (TCS) from 2013, looking at which news and information sources are connected to civic and political participation. Their sample included 2 000 Taiwanese adults. Print newspaper reading was positively associated with both online and offline … Continued

Tags: audience, media systems, newspapers, online journalism, political journalism, Taiwan
Published: 21 Mar 2018

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ARTICLE: Taiwanese female journalists face online harassment

Many Taiwanese female journalists have to deal with gendered online harassment and incivility in their work. Paromita Pain and Victoria Chen of the University of Texas at Austin, interviewed 25 female journalists on how they negotiate gender and professional identities. Taiwanese media is one of the freest media in Asia, but also one of the … Continued

Tags: journalistic identity, journalistic norms, journalistic profession, online journalism, Taiwan
Published: 16 Jan 2018

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ARTICLE: Chinese newspapers downplay social media

Y Roselyn Du, of Hong Kong Baptist University, has analysed the coverage of the so-called Arab Spring in Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese newspapers. The author gathered a sample of 162 stories published in 60 newspapers over the course of over three years (from December 2010 to March 2014). The chain of civil unrest and … Continued

Tags: China, Hong Kong, representation, Taiwan
Published: 24 Oct 2017