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On News Media's Coverage Of Presidential Election Campaign And Its Role In Policy-making To China: Analysis Of President Bush's Decision-making To Sell Taiwan F-16 Fighter Planes In 1992

Posted on:2005-05-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:A Q HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360125959715Subject:International relations
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The thesis probes into news media's role in American policy-making process from the perspective of decision-making by citing President Bush's permission to sell 150 F-16 fighter planes to Taiwan. The thesis considers that the news media's influencing course is dynamic, and behaves two kinds of states: one is the dynamic contents of media's coverage, and the other is decision-makers' dynamic sensitivity to media's coverage. Media's coverage varies with the importance of foreign affairs, and media's effect varies with the degree of decision-makers' consistency.The making of U.S. China policy is rational and political. The separation of powers among the legislative, executive and judicial branches safeguards the liberty of people by a system of checks and balance. This combination of separation of powers and checks and balances provides various political forces with good chances to influence the process of decision-making. Mass media exert a tremendous influence on policy-making by their pervasiveness.Looking through the whole process of Bush's decision-making to sell F-16 fighter planes to Taiwan, news media function as such: firstly, news media's coverage shaped a negative image of China among the public and policy-makers, and thus developed the circumstances of Bush's decision-making. Secondly, news media's unfavorable coverage about President Bush's ability to manage economic difficulty lowered electorate's support to Bush, and Bush expected to win the votes by selling fighter planes to Taiwan; Thirdly, news media and Democrats criticized President Bush's China Policy, and Bush hoped to win voters' support by showing his uncompromising stand to China.News media's coverage about presidential election influences voting process, and thus affects the decision-making of U.S. China policy. The domestic political forces are deeply involved into the process of U.S. policy-making to China.
Keywords/Search Tags:U.S. China Policy, News media's role in decision-making, News media's coverage in presidential election campaign
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