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Publication details [#56801]

Tian, Dexin and Chin-Chung Chao. 2012. Testing news trustworthiness in an online public sphere: a case study of The Economist's news report covering the riots in Xinjiang, China. Chinese Journal of Communication 5 (4) : 455–474.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative function | conflict | internet | news reporting | truth condition

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper argues that The Economist's detailed yet biased news coverage of the 2009 Xinjiang riots violates media trustworthiness, whilst online reader responses' communicative roles generally match Dahlberg's challenging ideal online public sphere.