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1、ControversialIssuesinMedia:AComparativeAnalysisofAmericanandChineseNewspapersCoverageontheUrumqiRiotKarimKone,WuhanUniversity,Hubei,ChinaAbstract:Underthegazeofinternationalattention,riotsinChinahascometoconstituteasiteforanumberofemotionallychargeddebatesforpoliticalaroundminoritypoli
2、cyandculturalsensibilityaroundethnicmarginalizationoroppression,andwesternimperialismresultinginanonslaughtofmediabothinChinaandthewest.Thisstudyundertakesacomparativeanalysisof3Americanmainstreamnewspapers(NewYorkTimes,LosAngelesTimesandWallStreetJournal)andthreeChineseones(Xinhua,Chi
3、naDailyandBeijingDaily)fromJuly5thtoJuly24th2009.Assuchincomparingnarrativesandframesofthenewsaccountswehopetofindoutthedeficienciesofnewscommunicationandbuildthroughaconstructivistapproachbyproposingasolutionformutualunder-standing.Keywords:ComparativeJournalism,NewsValues,NewsDeficie
4、ncies,InterculturalCommunicationI.IntroductionODERNMEDIAHAVEbecomeoneofthemajorsourcesofinformationabouttheworldweliveinformillionsofpeople,inU.S.andinChinaaselsewhere.MFromInternet,T.Vtonewspaper(printandonline)thereisawidespreadknow-ledgeofeventsoccurringintheworld.TheU.Snewsmedia,in
5、doingtheirbasicjobofreportingthenewsforlocalaudiences,haveparticipatedinandhelpedshapeaworldthatiseconomicallymoreinterdependentwhilebecoming,sincetheendoftheColdWar,morepoliticallyfracturedandthreatening(WilliamHatchen,2005).Thus,oneimportantissuearisingfromtheseeventsistheroleandeffe
6、ctsofmassmediacoverageofriots.Morris1986,FormerheadofBBC’sReligiousBroadcastoncesuggested“InthebookofGenesis,itisGodwhobringsorderoutofchaos,inthemodernworld,“television”journalistshavetomakeastabatdoingit.Theysubdueintoharmonyamountainoftelexprintouts,milesofvideotapeandapandemoniumof
7、ringingphones.Theyorganizeintocoherentpictureofriotimpressions,achaos,abedlamofattitudesandopinionsthatwouldotherwisesendusscurryingtothehillsinpanicandtheyhavetoconstructthisworldatlightningspeed,inawelterofinstantjudgments”(Glasgowmedia).Journalismoftenattractscontroversy,notleastw
