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The Reliance On The Four Major News Agencies For International News Reports In Taiwan, Denise Hsiu-Wen Li May 1990

The Reliance On The Four Major News Agencies For International News Reports In Taiwan, Denise Hsiu-Wen Li

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this case study is to figure out the reliance on the four major news agencies (AP, UPI, Reuters, and AFP) for international news reports in Taiwan, and CNA's, Taiwan's only regional news agency, role in supplying international news stories. Taiwan's three large circulation, general purpose newspapers -- United Daily News, China Times, and Central Daily News were selected and analyzed.

The study is based primarily on a content analysis of these three Chinese-language newspapers in terms of their coverage of international happenings and their news coverage.

The findings indicate that the control of international information by the …