Factors influencing cross-national news treatment of a critical national event

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The news treatment by six countries of the 1989 Chinese students' pro-democracy movement efforts are examined. Findings show that political ideology influenced the overall direction of foreign news coverage. Communist countries used more official sources compared to the capitalist countries. The news content and themes of the Western capitalist countries' differed significantly from those of the communist countries. Diplomatic sensitivity also influenced the news treatment. Cultural affinity and geographical proximity did not influence significantly the news treatment.

Political aspects, Media coverage, News agencies, Student movements, Student protests, Chinese students

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Multiple proximities between television genres and audiences: The schism between telenovelas' global distribution and local consumption

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The audience preferences are formed within the overall trend toward cultural proximity within both national and cultural-linguistic boundaries. The sense of shared historical experience of specific groups within nations and how this particular form of proximity might operate at the reception level is described.

Brazil, Evaluation, Audiences, Melodrama

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