This study is a content analysis of China-related research published in three prominent communication peer-viewed journals, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of
Communication, and Communication Research between 1979, the year after China started to implement its reform and opening-up policy and 2013. The purpose of this study is to discover potential
trends in China-related research published in the communication field. Thus, every peer-reviewed article pertaining to mainland China (N = 55) is considered as a unit of analysis. This
inquiry focuses on the nature of the topic covered, the theoretical framework, methodological details, research questions and hypotheses as well as authorship, statistical approach, sampling
method and source of data. Results indicated that American institutions published the largest amount of communication research on China. Political issue and public opinion was the most
popular research topic addressed dominantly through quantitative method and most specifically with content analyses. The published research, tested through hypotheses more than research
questions, dominantly featured theoretical framework and more precisely agenda-setting. Statistically, frequency was used in the majority of articles. Keywords: content analysis, China, mass
communication, comparative studies, international communication. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester, 2014. / October 29, 2014. / China, comparative study, content analysis, international communciation, mass communication / Includes bibliographical references. / Patrick F. Merle, Professor Directing Thesis; Jaejin Lee, Committee Member; Felecia Jordan, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_252908 |
| Contributors | Yan, Shuo (authoraut), Merle, Patrick F. (professor directing thesis), Lee, Jaejin (committee member), Jordan Jackson, Felecia F. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Communication and Information (degree granting college), School of Communication (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (82 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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