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Title

Political bias in the news coverage of the Macao Assembly Election 2005 : analysis of three local newspapers

English Abstract

News coverage is an essential component for the candidates in a modern election campaign to get public awareness and ultimately gain voters' support in the poll. In this study, a content analysis was conducted to examine the news coverage of the 2005 Election of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR among three local Chinese newspapers: Macao Daily News, Jornal Va Kio and Shemin Daily. The results showed that political bias, although not very serious, existed in these three newspapers as each took a favorable standpoint towards a particular camp. Macao Daily News, considered a pro-government newspaper tended to favour the conservative camp which exerts influence on the community while Jornal Va Kio, considered a neutral newspaper, tended to favor the democratic camp and Shemin Daily, associated with the camp representing the gaming industry, tended to favour the latter.

Issue date

2007.

Author

Cheong, Wai Kam

Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences (former name: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities)
Department
Department of Communication
Degree

M.A.

Subject

Press and politics -- Macau

Political campaigns -- Macau

Elections -- Press coverage -- Macau

Mass media -- Political aspects -- Macau

Mass media -- Social aspects -- Macau

Supervisor

Chen, Huai Lin

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Location
1/F Zone C
Library URL
991002636619706306