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Media's Perception of China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC): A Framing Analysis of Media Discourse on Chinese Investments in Myanmar


 
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1. Title Title of document Media's Perception of China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC): A Framing Analysis of Media Discourse on Chinese Investments in Myanmar
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Zeyar Oo; PhD Student (Political Communication) School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Nanshan district, Shenzhen 3688, China.; China
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Yonghong Dai; Dean of the College of International Studies, Institute of Area and International Commination Studies and Centre, "Shenzhen University"; China
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Yasmine Edderssi; PhD Student (Political Communication) School of Media and Communication Shenzhen University
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Devkota Dipak; PhD Student (Political Communication) School of Media and Communication Shenzhen University
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Bandana Singh; PhD Student (Political Communication) School of Media and Communication Shenzhen University
 
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Since media liberalization in 2011, news media has played a critical role in shaping public opinion, impacting the government’s policy-making process. After the emergence of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) in 2018, Chinese projects have increasingly attracted media attention in Myanmar. Previous studies mainly focus on Chinese projects with different perspectives, such as geopolitics and international perspectives, while lacking an understanding of media. Therefore, this article set out to study media perceptions of Chinese projects under the CMEC to examine how the news media frames Chinese projects in Myanmar.  Qualitative content analysis with Entman’s four frames was applied to find media frames with Chinese investments in Myanmar. Three news media outlets, Eleven News, The Irrawaddy, and Radio Free Asia (RFA), were selected to find critical news stories related to Chinese projects under the CMEC. 15 news stories (N=15) between 2018 to the present were selected, and the study was systematically conducted, following Braun and Clarkes’ six-phase-analytical process. The study proved that four themes addressed the research question, "How do news media frame news about Chinese projects in Myanmar?” It was concluded that news media primarily framed two factors, public concerns and domestic issues, that impeded the successful implementation of Chinese investments in Myanmar.  Finally, the study found that news media called for effective collaboration between China and Myanmar to ensure mutual benefits. It also further recommended that future research should consider longitudinal studies to examine media framing impacts public opinion and policy changes, and to incorporate a wider range of media sources to improve the generalizability of findings to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of media perceptions over time.

 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location Redfame Publishing
 
6. Contributor Sponsor(s) Study on the Impact of the Situation in the Bay of Bengal Region on the Safety of China’s East Data and West Computing Project (Project No.22ZDA181), funded by the “National Social Science Foundation" in 2022
 
7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2024-08-07
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/smc/article/view/6957
 
10. Identifier Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.11114/smc.v12i3.6957
 
11. Source Title; vol., no. (year) Studies in Media and Communication; Vol 12, No 3 (2024)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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