Report Of The Philippines’s Mainstream Media:Case Study Research Of INQUIRER.net In The News Of South China Sea In The Year Of 2015

Since the late 1970s, the countries in Southeast Asia have put forward their sovereignty claims to the South China Sea. Philippines and Vietnam have argued most nervously among those countries. In 2013, Philippines summit the disputed case to the international court, which made the disputed South China Sea a hot issue in global society.This research tries to dig into the Inquirer.net which is the most popular news website in Philippines. By researching the whole news of 2015 in Inquirer.net with quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, this report tries to summarize the regular reporting law of the mainstream media in Philippines on the issue of South China Sea, thus providing suggestions for our country in the international communication.Inquirennet has maintains a keen interest in the South China Sea issue. It deliberately shapes a negative China image together with western media. It focus on the subject of Chinese reclamation project, the arbitration case and outer responses. It utilizes the tricks of seeking sympathies and implying menace to render national emotions and obscuring Chinese justified rights.Generally, China is described as a bullying and irresponsible country in the mainstream media of Philippines. The government should take actions to reply such unjust reporting and apply initiative arrangement in the international communication to protect our rights and national diginity.