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postgraduate thesis: Media construction of protesters in Hong Kong
Title | Media construction of protesters in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2023 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Leung, T. N. [梁婷嵐]. (2023). Media construction of protesters in Hong Kong. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Existing research are mostly focused on Hong Kong protests itself, the events leading
up to the protest or how has the protest differed from its predecessors. Little is known about
the protesters and what they have done or experienced after their participation in a protest. As
such, this research aims to examine the social constructions of protesters in HK and more
specifically the study of how one local newspaper, South China Morning Post (SCMP),
constructs 2019 HK protesters. As many newspapers engage in self-censorship due to its
political agenda, hegemonic narratives are common where audiences are exposed to one
dominant construction. The two research questions of this research are as follow: how did the
SCMP construct Hong Kong protesters who had left the SAR? And is there a typology of
narratives? If so, what are they? Based on the content analysis of 107 SCMP articles and using
theoretical framework of social constructionism, it was found that there is indeed a typology
of narratives which included a mixture of claims and counterclaim. Some of the findings
include the claims of faceless and individuals, villain construct, political tool, linkages to USChina
relationship, linkages to other key actors and counterclaim include countering the villain
construct. This therefore illustrates that SCMP does not only provide one hegemonic construct.
The findings were further analysed using Surette (2015)’s four stage model of social
construction to provide a more holistic discussion.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Journalism - Objectivity Demonstrations - China - Hong Kong |
Dept/Program | Criminology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/332128 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Leung, Ting Nam | - |
dc.contributor.author | 梁婷嵐 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-04T04:53:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-04T04:53:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Leung, T. N. [梁婷嵐]. (2023). Media construction of protesters in Hong Kong. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/332128 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Existing research are mostly focused on Hong Kong protests itself, the events leading up to the protest or how has the protest differed from its predecessors. Little is known about the protesters and what they have done or experienced after their participation in a protest. As such, this research aims to examine the social constructions of protesters in HK and more specifically the study of how one local newspaper, South China Morning Post (SCMP), constructs 2019 HK protesters. As many newspapers engage in self-censorship due to its political agenda, hegemonic narratives are common where audiences are exposed to one dominant construction. The two research questions of this research are as follow: how did the SCMP construct Hong Kong protesters who had left the SAR? And is there a typology of narratives? If so, what are they? Based on the content analysis of 107 SCMP articles and using theoretical framework of social constructionism, it was found that there is indeed a typology of narratives which included a mixture of claims and counterclaim. Some of the findings include the claims of faceless and individuals, villain construct, political tool, linkages to USChina relationship, linkages to other key actors and counterclaim include countering the villain construct. This therefore illustrates that SCMP does not only provide one hegemonic construct. The findings were further analysed using Surette (2015)’s four stage model of social construction to provide a more holistic discussion. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Journalism - Objectivity | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Demonstrations - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Media construction of protesters in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Criminology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044721303003414 | - |