The Image Of China In The New York Times Research 2007 -2008

It is known to all that there are always different comments on some countries in the international communication of media. Many countries are keen to know about the information of United States because of its leading role in the world stage. China is playing a more and more important role on the stage of international politics and economy since the structure of world economy changed due to the financial crises in 2007.As the tycoon of American newspaper business, New York Times is said to be the "in-house literature for politic elites" and "the bible of authorities", so the study of the news about China on New York Times is meaningful both realistically and theoretically.In the 1980s of last century, the study of framework began to be popular and gradually it became the new model of media study. This thesis analyses China's image in the news reports from New York Times published during the year of 2007 and 2008. The objects of the research are the 1246 reports about China from New York Times and all these reports are English so the accuracy of the research can be ensured.The result of the study shows that most of the news from New York Times about China are negative to China's image. The media always describes China from the benefit of USA, the majority of the news are about politics. This kind of news seems very normal and real and the analysis also seems reasonable but that kind of certain language environment will distort the fact and make readers misunderstand China. Gradually, the readers will accept the viewpoint of the newspaper about China subjectively. When reporting news about China's economy, society and art, New York Times can be honest and objective but when the news is related to USA's benefits, they will be back to their track again, propagates the theory of so called "China's threat" and "China's economic colony in Africa". Compared with the reports in 2000-2003, the reports about china in 2007-2008 are more about food security, China's environment, art and Olympics instead of human rights, social law besides politics and economy, the social problems of China also attract the attention of American. This new trend is a discovery in this research.In the last part of this thesis, the author found the reason why New York Time's reports about China have that kind of features. We can find the image of China in the international communications and give some practical proposals so that China can have an equal position in international communications with other countries in the world.