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  • The Interplay of Candidate-Initiated and Journalist-Initiated Agendas in the 1996 and 2004 Taiwan Presidential Elections

    • Authors: Chingching Chang (2007)

  • This study examines the interplay of candidate-initiated issue agendas and journalist-initiated issue agendas in the 1996 and 2004 Taiwan presidential elections. The study indicates that both agendas influenced each other, but unequally*the candidate-initiated issue agenda had a greater impact on the journalist-initiated agenda than vice versa. The results were interpreted with discussions of the media’s campaign reporting and the candidates’ campaign management in Taiwan.
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  • Functions of Social Gatherings Involving Alcohol Consumption with Coworkers in Korea

    • Authors: Dong Wook Lee; Hee Sun Park; Tai Sik Lee; Mi Kyoung Kim; Young Hyun Kim (2007)

  • Focusing on alcohol-involved social gatherings (i.e. drinking parties), the current study examined the reasons for and outcomes of joining drinking parties and evaluations of them. In studies 1 and 2, Korean workers (n^87) employed in the civil engineering industry and undergraduates (n^103) from various engineering majors provided desirable and undesirable reasons for and outcomes of joining drinking parties with their colleagues (coworkers for working adults and school friends for undergraduates). In studies 3 and 4, Korean workers (n^102) and undergraduates (n^89) evaluated each of the outcomes as either social, personal, or both. In study 5, Korean workers (n^108) and undergraduates (n^111) evaluated how good or bad each outcome type would be. Findings showed that among the fiv...
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  • Strategic Interaction, Cultural Co-orientation, and Press Freedom in Hong Kong

    • Authors: Francis L. F. Lee (2007)

  • This article discusses press freedom in Hong Kong since the handover. It argues that in the immediate years after reunification, the strategic interaction between the media and the power holders within a commonly accepted framework has contributed to an ‘equilibrium condition’ in which there was no huge and apparent loss of press freedom. The equilibrium was maintained by a clear distinction between national and local issues. At the same time, the handover has led to processes of cultural co-orientation which further ‘de-problematized’ news coverage of certain sensitive national issues. Nevertheless, political developments in recent years have led to the breakdown of the national-local boundary. The original equilibrium was destabilized, which led to renewed concerns of press free...
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  • Professionalism, Politics and Market Force: Survey Studies of Hong Kong Journalists 1996–2006

    • Authors: Clement Y. K. So; Joseph M. Chan (2007)

  • A comparison of three surveys of Hong Kong journalists from 1996 to 2006 finds that media professionalism remains intact in spite of significant socio-political changes. However, the media’s performance has been in doubt as reflected in credibility decline and rising self-censorship. Factors accounting for this apparent disjunction between professionalism and performance include the proliferation of journalism education, the entrenchment of press freedom in Hong Kong’s political culture, the journalists’ need for a self-defense and survival strategy, and the media market as a balancing force of political pressure. It is the interplay of all these factors that matters.
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  • Multilingual Mix in Hong Kong Advertising, Pre-and Post-1997

    • Authors: Doreen D. Wu; Kara Chan (2007)

  • The paper examines the historical change in linguistic practice of Hong Kong advertising through the decolonization period and attempts to make sense of it from a local-and-global point of view beyond the conventional national-functionalist perspective. It is found that the prominent patterns of language mixing in the advertising of Hong Kong are not only ‘Standard Written Chinese mixed with English’, but also ‘Standard Written Chinese mixed with both English and Cantonese’. The embedded elements of both English and Cantonese in the Chinese advertisements can take the form of a word, a phrase and/or a full clause and can serve both informational and involving functions. Finally, it is argued that multilingual mix in Hong Kong advertising is a phenomenon constantly emerging in the m...
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  • The HKSAR Government's PR Sense and Sensibility: Analysis of its SARS Crisis Management

    • Authors: Betty Kaman Lee (2007)

  • This paper analyzes the HKSAR government’s crisis management during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak and is an attempt (in a post-handover Hong Kong) to shed light on its ability, sensitivity and priority in managing political public relations (PR). It discusses how, under Tung’s leadership, SARS reflected the poor political PR sense and practices of the government. It further explores why, since the handover, the government’s PR performance had consistently diminished. The concluding section sheds light on how the case of SARS illustrates the uniqueness of governmental crises.
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  • Political Economy of Hong Kong Media: Producing a Hegemonic Voice

    • Authors: Anthony Y. H. Fung (2007)

  • Ten years after the handover, this article examines the macro and collective consequences of self-censorship, change of media ownership and, two major issues of press freedom during the transition period. The article argues that journalists working in media organizations acquired by ‘pro-China’ business tend to steer the media toward a ‘neutral’ and ‘objective’ position. The result is a new modal center in the spectrum of political ideology and reduced diversity in the marketplace of opinions.
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  • Gender Discrimination in Korean Newsrooms

    • Authors: Sooyoung Cho; Lucinda D. Davenport (2007)

  • This study is the first to focus on gender discrimination of women journalists working in Korean newspapers. It tries to identify the extent and types of discrimination, and to identify factors associated with it. Virtually all respondents experienced gender discrimination and felt it is prevalent in the industry. In particular, women experienced discrimination for story and beat assignments, promotions, and training opportunities. They were excluded from receiving important information from managers within the newsroom and from sources. They also encountered verbal and physical sexual harassment and age discrimination.