Global Media Spectacle: News War over Hong Kong

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Figures and Tables Figure 1.1: Conceptual Scheme of Comparative International Media Discourses 16 Table 1.1: The Sample of Media Outlets 10 Table 1.2: National Origins of Journalists Interviewed 12 Table 2.1: Number of Media Organizations and Journalists Registered with the Handover Ceremony Coordination Office 25 Table 3.1: References to the Prospect of Changes after the Handover 54 Table 3.2: Tones on the PRC Government (in %) 56 Table 3.3: News Sources from Different Countries 56 Table 3.4: Official Sources from Different Countries 57 Table 3.5: Top Ten Most Frequently Cited Sources by Country 58 Table 4.1: Key Visual Devices from the Media Coverage 72 Table 5.1: Ideological Packages of the U.S. Media Coverage 92 Table 7.1: Discursive Packages of the PRC Media 129 Table 7.2: Features of the Historical Scripts of the Three Media Narratives 147 Table 7.3: Features of Discourse Structures of the Media Narratives 148 Table 9.1: Domestic News vs. International News 173 Table 10.1: Headlines of Hong Kong Anniversary Stories in the World Media 191 Table 10.2: Topical Distribution of U.S. and British Media Coverage of Hong Kong (July 6, 1997–July 5, 1998) 196 ix ...