Framing the Image: International Media and the 1997 Handover

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Framing the ImageInternational Media and the
1997 Handover

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Pictures Frame Ideas.
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Shanghai, 1936
Pictures Frame Ideas
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Pictures Frame Ideas

• Picture worth a thousand words.
• A single image can change the course of history

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Pictures Frame Issues Vietnam

• Nha Trang

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Television Background Visuals
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CNN Graphic
VOA Website
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CBS News North Korea
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CBS News 60 Minutes North Korean Nukes
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Imagery and FramingThe Power to Define the
Issues

• Hong Kong Peoples Feelings and Desires
• Hong Kong Identity and Culture
• End to Western Colonial Domination
• Chinese Progress and Growing Global Power
• Civil rights (press, assembly, representation,
  access)
• Implications for Hong Kongs Economic Future
• Implications for Taiwan Situation

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Media Framing Images of the 1997 Handover

• Hong Kong
• Great Britain
• China
• United States

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International Media Visuals and Story Framing
of the 1997 Handover

• Hong Kong (ATV, Pearl)
• Great Britain (BBC)
• China (CCTV Beijing)
• United States (CBS News)

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1997 Handover VisualsHong Kong

• Horse Racing and Dancing Continue
• PLA Soldiers and Armored Personnel Carrier
• British Royal Emblem and Insignia
• Chris Patten
• Lu Ping, Deng Xiaoping
• Anson Chan, Chief Secretary
• Hong Kong people run Hong Kong
• Union Jack and Chinese Flag
• Bauhinia
• Torrential Rain

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1997 Handover VisualsHong Kong

• Horse Racing and Dancing Continue
• PLA Soldiers and Armored Personnel Carrier
• British Royal Emblem and Insignia
• Chris Patten
• Lu Ping, Deng Xiaoping
• Anson Chan, Chief Secretary
• Hong Kong people run Hong Kong
• Union Jack and Chinese Flag
• Bauhinia
• Torrential Rain

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1997 Handover VisualsHong Kong

• Horse Racing and Dancing Continue
• PLA Soldiers and Armored Personnel Carrier
• British Royal Emblem and Insignia
• Chris Patten
• Lu Ping, Deng Xiaoping
• Anson Chan, Chief Secretary
• Hong Kong people run Hong Kong
• Union Jack and Chinese Flag
• Bauhinia
• Torrential Rain

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1997 Handover VisualsHong Kong

• Horse Racing and Dancing Continue
• PLA Soldiers and Armored Personnel Carrier
• British Royal Emblem and Insignia
• Chris Patten
• Lu Ping, Deng Xiaoping
• Anson Chan, Chief Secretary
• Hong Kong people run Hong Kong
• Union Jack and Chinese Flag
• Bauhinia
• Torrential Rain

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1997 Handover Key Visuals Britain

• Chris Patten
• Royal Yacht Britannia
• The Union Jack
• Bagpipes
• Buglers Playing Sunset
• Patten Bowing to the Union Jack
• PLA Soldiers in Battle-Ready Formation in
  Tiananmen
• Lone Man Facing Tank Column in Beijing
• Skyscrapers of Hong Kong
• Torrential Rain

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1997 Handover Key Visuals Britain

• Chris Patten
• Royal Yacht Britannia
• The Union Jack
• Bagpipes
• Buglers Playing Sunset
• Patten Bowing to the Union Jack
• PLA Soldiers in Battle-Ready Formation in
  Tiananmen
• Lone Man Facing Tank Column in Beijing
• Skyscrapers of Hong Kong
• Torrential Rain