Study on Neighboring Countries&rsquo; Agenda Building on South China Sea Dispute

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12) : 21-30.

Study on Neighboring Countries’ Agenda Building on South China Sea Dispute

Wu Ying，associate professor of Journalism and Communication school，Shanghai International Studies University，and research fellow of Collaborative Innovation Center for the South China Sea Studies. Email：wuying@shisu.edu.cnwuying@shisu.edu.cn. Wu Xiujuan, lecturer of Journalism and Communication school, Shanghai International Studies University, got her Ph.D. from Russian St. Petersburg national university. Email：wuxiujuan@shisu.edu.cn. Feng Chao，dean and associate professor of Department of Vietnamese, Shanghai International Studies University，and Ph.D. candidate of Fudan University Department of History. Email：sieu77@126.com. This paper is sponsored by National Social Science Fund Project “Analysis of International Media Influence of Think Tanks in China and Strategic Research on Discourse Power” (No.14BGJ059) and Teacher Development Overseas Training Project of Shanghai International Studies University (No.2014YCKY06).

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How is an international issue created and how is it built to be an international agenda? What kind of role international media is playing in the building of international agenda? With a case study of South China Sea dispute, this paper explores the interaction between the media in neighboring countries with international community so as to build an international agenda of protecting navigation freedom in South China Sea together with western media. The research finds that instead of being outsiders before issue creation, the media in neighboring countries started to play important roles in the stage of issue expansion and agenda access. Despite of the differences in positions and appeals, the media in neighboring countries share the same interest of counterbalancing China - - thethe “powerful neighbor” by depending on multilateral institutions. the th western media. The research multilateral institutions.

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neighboring countries / South China Sea dispute / agenda building / international communication

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WU Ying, WU Xiujuan, FENG Chao. Study on Neighboring Countries’ Agenda Building on South China Sea Dispute[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(12): 21-30

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This paper is sponsored by National Social Science Fund Project “Analysis of International Media Influence of Think Tanks in China and Strategic Research on Discourse Power” (No.14BGJ059) and Teacher Development Overseas Training Project of Shanghai International Studies University (No.2014YCKY06).