Chinese outlets’ focus on Covid-19 was much more domestic, while the U.S. view was more focused on politics and the conflict between various levels of government on handling the crisis.
China’s image plummeted in North America, but over half of 50 nations surveyed at the end of 2020 reported coverage of China had become more positive in their national media since the onset of the pandemic.
Our research found that posts that came from influencers, as well as women without enormous numbers of followers, and that cited scientists or other scholars, received more likes, comments, retweets and hashtags.
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“I think how wasteful is it that most journalists throw away or never use or don’t pass on any of their notes or records. Everyone that comes behind them does the research all over again…I think many great stories are sitting out there in the data, but it’s just too tiresome to go through all of it. People just give up.”
Plus: Facebook allows “rampant climate denialism” around the Australian wildfires, and female politicians in India face a disproportionate amount of trolling.
Benton, Joshua. "That Chinese news aggregation app that’s been driving a ton of traffic might become an American news aggregator app." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Sep. 2019. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
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Benton, J. (2019, Sep. 26). That Chinese news aggregation app that’s been driving a ton of traffic might become an American news aggregator app. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/that-chinese-news-aggregation-app-thats-been-driving-a-ton-of-traffic-might-become-an-american-news-aggregator-app/
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