News media framing of nuclear power in china from 2004 to 2013

Yongxiang Wang; Jingping Li; Ronghua Chen; Nan Li

doi:10.1115/ICONE22-30940

News media framing of nuclear power in china from 2004 to 2013

Yongxiang Wang^*, Jingping Li, Ronghua Chen, Nan Li

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Volume	6
ISBN (Print)	9780791845967
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE22-30940
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2014 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2014 - Prague Duration: 2014 Jul 7 → 2014 Jul 11

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Other	2014 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2014
City	Prague
Period	14/7/7 → 14/7/11

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