The Umbrella Revolution
Chung Man Him 14218194
Topic: Observation of the Practice of Local and Global news of “Umbrella Revolution”
The Umbrella Revolution has been a hit issue no matter in Hong Kong or around the globe. News of the Umbrella Revolution has been widely reported in different counties recently. From my observation, I found that the news value, selection criteria and perspectives are different among newspapers from local and global news agencies. In the following, I am going to analyze the differences with the reference of three news agencies, the Oriental Daily (local), Taipei Times (international) and Renmen Ribao (Mainland China). It is not difficult to realize that the ways of reporting this issue by local and global news agencies are different. This is due to the difference in background and political stands or pressure from government of local and global news agencies. From news reports about the Umbrella Revolution of Taipei Times and Oriental Daily on 28/10, we can see the differences. First of all is about the word used by the two newspapers. The headline of Taipei Times that day is ‘Hong Kong democracy activists mark one month of the “Umbrella Revolution” ’, while the headline of Oriental Daily was ‘佔領滿月各界勸退’ ,which means, translating in English, ’Occupying for a month, everyone wants them to stop’. We can see that headline from Taipei Times are neutral and plain, not implying any stands. The oriental daily, however, are giving a message to public that the revolution is no longer supported. Renmen Ribao did not actually locate the one-month mark of the revolution, its headline of that day was ‘簽名反佔中市民已超80萬’ (Over 800K residents sign for anti-occupying). Obviously the focus of Renmin Ribao is that how many people are opposing the revolution, which is different from the two agencies mentioned above. This can be explained by the background and political stands of the three agencies. Renmin Ribao is the official news agencies of the China Government, and is
Topic: Observation of the Practice of Local and Global news of “Umbrella Revolution”
The Umbrella Revolution has been a hit issue no matter in Hong Kong or around the globe. News of the Umbrella Revolution has been widely reported in different counties recently. From my observation, I found that the news value, selection criteria and perspectives are different among newspapers from local and global news agencies. In the following, I am going to analyze the differences with the reference of three news agencies, the Oriental Daily (local), Taipei Times (international) and Renmen Ribao (Mainland China). It is not difficult to realize that the ways of reporting this issue by local and global news agencies are different. This is due to the difference in background and political stands or pressure from government of local and global news agencies. From news reports about the Umbrella Revolution of Taipei Times and Oriental Daily on 28/10, we can see the differences. First of all is about the word used by the two newspapers. The headline of Taipei Times that day is ‘Hong Kong democracy activists mark one month of the “Umbrella Revolution” ’, while the headline of Oriental Daily was ‘佔領滿月各界勸退’ ,which means, translating in English, ’Occupying for a month, everyone wants them to stop’. We can see that headline from Taipei Times are neutral and plain, not implying any stands. The oriental daily, however, are giving a message to public that the revolution is no longer supported. Renmen Ribao did not actually locate the one-month mark of the revolution, its headline of that day was ‘簽名反佔中市民已超80萬’ (Over 800K residents sign for anti-occupying). Obviously the focus of Renmin Ribao is that how many people are opposing the revolution, which is different from the two agencies mentioned above. This can be explained by the background and political stands of the three agencies. Renmin Ribao is the official news agencies of the China Government, and is