TY - GEN
T1 - News media framing of nuclear power in china from 2004 to 2013
AU - Wang, Yongxiang
AU - Li, Jingping
AU - Chen, Ronghua
AU - Li, Nan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - China has vigorously developed nuclear power in the past several years whereas the nuclear power expansion has met with considerable objections, principally due to low widespread public support. News media frames can influence public perception. We conducted content analysis of articles related to nuclear power in the People's Daily from 2004 to 2013. Analysis results showed that articles in the newspaper mainly reflected pro-nuclear or balanced arguments whereas little anti-nuclear opinion was published. Pro-nuclear arguments most often presented environmental benefits and stakeholder support, and informational text primarily reflected nuclear power information, nuclear technology, and regulatory processes. The results of content analysis of the newspaper are highly consistent with the Chinese government's pro-nuclear decision.
AB - China has vigorously developed nuclear power in the past several years whereas the nuclear power expansion has met with considerable objections, principally due to low widespread public support. News media frames can influence public perception. We conducted content analysis of articles related to nuclear power in the People's Daily from 2004 to 2013. Analysis results showed that articles in the newspaper mainly reflected pro-nuclear or balanced arguments whereas little anti-nuclear opinion was published. Pro-nuclear arguments most often presented environmental benefits and stakeholder support, and informational text primarily reflected nuclear power information, nuclear technology, and regulatory processes. The results of content analysis of the newspaper are highly consistent with the Chinese government's pro-nuclear decision.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84911911986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/ICONE22-30940
DO - 10.1115/ICONE22-30940
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911911986
T3 - International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
BT - Nuclear Education, Public Acceptance and Related Issues; Instrumentation and Controls (I and C); Fusion Engineering; Beyond Design Basis Events
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - 2014 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2014
Y2 - 7 July 2014 through 11 July 2014
ER -