Changing Frames: China's Media Strategy for Environmental Protests

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Asian Perspective Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.1353/apr.2022.0017

Joo-Youn Jung, Ming Zeng

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Abstract:In the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has remained stable despite frequent popular protests. Focusing on environmental protests, we attempt to explain how the CCP has utilized domestic news media to deal with protests and ensure regime stability. We chose five major protests against Para-Xylene (PX) and analyzed all of the People's Daily Online (PDO) articles thereon since 2007. From the Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping governments, PDO's collective portrayal of the anti-PX protests has dramatically changed from a symbol of democratic progress to an impediment to national industrialization and social stability. The systematically orchestrated media framing demonstrates that, instead of indiscriminately suppressing information on protests, the party has deliberately chosen when and what to permit and what images to project onto the protests. This article provides new insights into the CCP's media strategy for popular protest and sheds light on how China's authoritarian regime has maintained political legitimacy and social stability despite a considerable level of public discontent and deepening political oppression.

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变化的框架:中国媒体对环境抗议的策略

摘要:在中华人民共和国(PRC)，尽管民众抗议活动频繁，但中国共产党(CCP)仍然保持稳定。以环境抗议活动为重点，我们试图解释中共如何利用国内新闻媒体来处理抗议活动并确保政权稳定。我们选取了五起针对对二甲苯(PX)的重大抗议事件，并分析了2007年以来人民网所有与之相关的文章。有系统地精心策划的媒体框架表明，共产党没有不分青红皂白地压制有关抗议活动的信息，而是故意选择何时允许，允许什么，以及将什么形象投射到抗议活动中。这篇文章提供了对中共大众抗议的媒体策略的新见解，并揭示了中国专制政权如何在公众不满和政治压迫加深的情况下保持政治合法性和社会稳定。

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