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Analysis on outbreak of SARS

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Wang Dan is the most prominent new exile to the U.S. He was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement in 1989 in China. By conducting a textual analysis of his address to Taipei Times I will show how Wang Dan used propaganda to portray the Chinese people are innocent victims and frame what the Chinese government should have done particularly with regard to the mass media to remedy government¡¯s slowness and inappropriateness of response to an outbreak of SARS in order to maintain the stability of the society and the development of the economy. In order to support my thesis, I will use examples and ideas from five periodical articles and three additional publications and theories like Harold Innis¡¯s concept of center vs. periphery and Marshall McLuhan¡¯s concept of the medium is the message in my essay by elaborating detail in terms of the following three aspects:
1. The public panic and the function of mass media.
2. How do the mainstream media and...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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