Thesis (Ph. D)--Ohio State University, 1984. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-189). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

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Foreign language teaching in recent years is very much concerned with the concepts of authenticity and relevance to students' needs and interests. Using newspapers in foreign language classes is one way of working towards the development of an authentic environment and promoting the language learning process. For EFL students in the Institute of International Relations (IIR) newspapers are not simply an important source of learning material, but an important source of information. Vietnamese EFL students who learn to read English newspapers, however, constantly encounter difficulties in comprehension. This study report attempts to identify the common areas of comprehension difficulty for Vietnamese learners, when confronted with newspapers. To achieve this aim, the study first reviews schema theory in order to establish the factors which affect the reading process. It also examines studies on news reporting style in English. Attempts have also been made in the contrastive study of the differences in reporting styles of international news in English and Vietnamese to investigate what might cause difficulties for Vietnamese readers. Accordingly, the study considers implications for teaching newspaper reading to Vietnamese EFL students at intermediate level, who have not practised this before. Finally, the study also suggests further areas of research in using newspapers in a foreign language class.

Scholars of intermedia agenda-setting have examined how news organizations can affect one another's content, but research is lacking on the influence of foreign news programs on fledging media outlets, such as Rwanda Television (RTV). A quantitative content analysis conducted between October and December 2016 indicates that media outlets in core countries dominated RTV's international news edition, which depended mostly on foreign programs, mainly from Euronews and Al Jazeera English. The 2016 U.S. election was the predominant topic. More than half the stories had a negative tone. In addition, qualitative interviews with the RTV editorial team revealed that the main factors influencing story selection were proximity, prominence, impact, cultural values, and relevance. Cross-lagged correlation coefficients indicated that both RTV and two Rwandan newspapers—igihe.com and Imvaho Nshya—focused on the same news topics but with slightly different sources. In Rwanda, the defining factors for this intermedia agenda-setting are not media type, ownership, or technology, as other studies have found, but institutional barriers, language, and the globalization of news. Faced with limited finances and a shortage of trained journalists, fledging media organizations in Rwanda will continue to depend on big media for their daily international news. Strategies are suggested for helping to break the cycle of foreign media domination and news homogenization in Rwanda

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This diploma thesis deals with the British Sunday tabloid paper News of the World. By using the method of historical analysis it covers all its history from its foundation to its closure. The aim of this thesis is to put the newspaper's beginning, growth and end into the context of its era. The first chapters describe the rise of periodical press in Great Britain and in connection with that the social situation and technological progress in print. The chapters also deal with the first stage of development of News of the World, that is, when it was owned by the Carr family. On the grounds of socio-economic and political situation the chapters discover which factors added to the massive growth of circulation and big popularity of this Sunday paper. The second half of this thesis covers the development of the newspaper under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, starting with the battle over its buy out against Robert Maxwell. The thesis analyses changes Murdoch implemented and brings examples of scandals and controversies this newspaper had throughout all its history.The last chapter addresses the phone-hacking scandal which led to the paper's closure after 168 years and its consequences to Murdoch's media empire News Corporation, as well as to the British newspapers market and its self-regulatory principles.

This study conducted a framing research that analyzed coverage of the bird flu (avian flu) in China by two major American newspapers that are influential in China (The New York Times and Washington Post). The goal was to examine how these two prestigious newspapers frame the bird flu epidemic in China and how they represent the country in this international health crisis. This study employed textual analysis regarding the way bird flu news articles were framed in terms of problem definition, causal explanation, moral evaluation and solution recommendations in both newspapers. The study found the epidemic was framed as more than just a public health crisis. Multiple news frames were found in both newspapers' coverage of bird flu, depicting the event as a cultural, social and political crisis to the nation and to the world.

台灣有線新聞台的數量，相對於歐美及亞洲其他國家，不但數量上有明顯的差距，競爭亦相當激烈；面對極度商業化的電視環境，各新聞台無不絞盡腦汁、竭盡所能的進行各種變革以爭取收視；而在幾近飽和的國內新聞報導下，國際新聞的製作成了有線新聞台的藍海策略，同時也是一個值得努力爭取收視的方向。 伴隨著全球化各項新科技及電腦、數位電子產品、光纖網路、行動通訊的興起，國際通訊社與有線新聞台之間特殊及微妙的供需關係，因這些軟硬體的出現，在國際新聞的製作及供需方面造成深遠的影響，而國際新聞的產製從過去到現在也呈現了許多不同的樣貌。 有鑒於電視國際新聞的製作與國內新聞製作的不同，新聞的來源及角度也有所差異，同時，國際通訊社與有線新聞台之間的供需關係並不只是建立在單向的服務同時也展現了雙向的業務交流；兩者之間不再只是單向的供給需求，反而身兼雙重角色。 本研究發現，有線新聞台及國際通訊社在國際新聞的產製供需裡，由於新興媒體的出現，雙方在資訊的來源及傳播的管道都有所增加及不同，然而新科技雖帶來無限商機卻也蘊藏著部分危機；資源依賴的程度越來越深，策略聯盟的運用在國際傳播的過程中也變的更為重要。 在傳播無國界的今日，雖然地球村的概念逐漸發酵，但在地主義的興起卻也逐漸獲得重視；本研究之重點在於探討有線新聞台與國際通訊社在國際新聞製作裡的供需變化；在傳統供需現象被打破，新聞供應者同時也可能身兼接收者甚或消費者身分之際，面對市場的轉變，處在這個圈中的每一份子該如何面對這樣的供需變化以符合新的傳播趨勢！

Avec la montée en puissance de la Chine sur la scène internationale depuis une dizaine d’années, l’image du pays dans les médias français oscille constamment d’un pôle à l’autre, entre tradition et modernité, menace et opportunité, partenariat et rivalité. Les représentations médiatiques de la Chine en France résultent d’une combinaison de facteurs d’ordre politique, économique, culturel et communicationnel. Dans le travail de recherche que nous proposons, ces représentations sont envisagées comme processus de co-construction impliquant de multiples acteurs sociaux, français comme chinois, et soumis à des contraintes avant tout socio-économiques des médias en tant qu’industries culturelles. La recherche tente ainsi de saisir les logiques présidant au fonctionnement des industries du contenu, sur fond de profondes mutations, et de comprendre dans quelle mesure la structuration des entreprises médiatiques est de nature à peser sur la production de l’information internationale ayant trait à la Chine. Cette étude s’appuie sur l’analyse des mécanismes de construction de l’image de la Chine dans trois titres de presse d’information générale et politique française, chacun représentatif d’un type de journal, distinctif par sa fréquence, sa zone de diffusion et ses modalités organisationnelles. Il s’agit d’examiner les transformations économiques, technologiques, gestionnaires et éditoriales de ces médias ainsi que leurs conséquences sur les conditions et leur mode de production et de faire ressortir les convergences et les divergences de modalités de traitement de la Chine entre les différentes familles de presse. Par ailleurs, comme les représentations médiatiques de la Chine en France dépassent largement les enjeux internes liés au seul champ des médias et embrassent des intérêts géopolitiques et, de plus en plus, économiques, nous prenons également en considération l’ensemble de ces paramètres afin d’appréhender l’image de la Chine dans toute sa complexité. / With the rise of China on the global stage over the past decade, the image of the country in the French media is constantly oscillating between tradition and modernity, threat and opportunity, partnership and rivalry. Media representations of China in France result from a combination of political, economic, cultural and communication factors. In this research, these representations are considered as a process of co-construction that involves multiple social actors, French as well as Chinese, and subject to socioeconomic constraints of the media as cultural industries. This study attempts to understand the operational logics of the content industries, against a backdrop of profound changes, and to apprehend how the functioning of media organizations is likely to affect the production of international news related to China. This research is based on the analysis of the construction of China's image in three French newspapers of the general and political information press, each representative of a type of newspaper, distinctive in terms of frequency, dissemination area and organization. The goal is to examine the economic, technological, managerial and editorial transformations of these media and their consequences on the conditions and their mode of production and to point out the convergences and divergences of media coverage of China between the different categories of press. Furthermore, as media representations of China in France extend far beyond the stakes related to the only media field and embrace geopolitical and, increasingly, economic interests, we also take into consideration all these parameters in order to understand the image of China in all its complexity.