Major differences between Chinese and British Newspapers
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Newspapers in Britain was a direct result of the process of industrialization during
the 18th and 19th centuries.
When is the birthday of Chinese newspapers?
? Chinese newspapers
should be under the supervision of
Communist Party of China.
Therefore, it was born on 15th June,1948.
Ownership
• In Britain• Private, not public• Usually free from
financial support from political parties or from the government
• Since the 20th century, concentration and conglomeration of ownership
• In China• Some are Private , mo
st of them are public• People’s Daily• Xinhua Daily• Guangzhou Daily• Oriental Daily News
Types of Newspapers in Britain
• Popular Newspapers
• dominates the market; they provide a mainly entertainment and sports news, usually in a sensational or scandalous way, they use their own interpretation of current news issues.
Quality Newspapers
Objective presentation, less sensational or emotive language, wide vocabulary and complex syntax. Less visual support.
Newspapers in China
• National newspapers• the People’s Daily • Daily Economic News • Chinese Youth News • Chinese Women’s News• China Sports News• Science and Technology
Daily
• Local newspapers• Apple Daily• Shenzhen Special Zone
Daily• Guangzhou Daily• Shanghai Star
Readership
There are 2007 different kind newspapers belonging to 1200 News Agencies and Circles. Ten times more than twenty years ago. Most of the readers are living in urban areas. 90 % of the total population literate
once or even more per week.
The average day on reading newspapers
is only 2.5 .
The popularity of newspapers
is about 25%.
f
Press Freedom
“China is one of the five worst places among 139 countries and territories graded.” ---2002
“China is one of the eight countries of the bottom ten.” ---2003
“Britain ranks 27th ”
---2003