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practice of investigative journalists in China. Examples for this “non- routine mode”
include special events in China like the Olympic Games in 2008, the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, the sporadic riots in Tibet and Xinjiang, the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, etc. Do these special events affect journalistic practices of journalists of Southern Weekend or other investigative newspapers? During these events, are
journalists more daring or more low-profile? These events are very special because of their potential in promoting an image of Chinese greatness or ruthless suppression to the world. In addition, there are other events that pertain to domestic issues, e.g. the annual convening of the Political Consultative Conference, the 60th founding anniversary of the PRC on October 1st 2009 or the anniversary of the Tiananmen Incident on June 4th. Leadership transitions in China are also highly sensitive events that could be a factor affecting CCP behaviors and journalistic practice. Intensive and extensive research over a longer period of time of cumulated cases can inform us with greater depth.
6.3. Conclusion
This thesis can still serve as a foundation for more future research of its kind.
Since in post-reform years social tensions between the beneficiaries and the disadvantaged, between local cadres and the people who are displaced by development, between the urban residents and the migrant workers, between the police and the people they are supposed to protect, etc., are bound to arise, media’s roles in disclosing, hindering or contributing to resolving these tensions can not be underestimated, and deserve continuous systematic investigation. Despite harsh crackdowns against Southern Weekend in the past, the newspaper remains a critical voice and proves to be one of the most outspoken outlets of media in China.
Journalists of Southern Weekend have successfully applied some of the strategies
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elaborated in the theoretical section. Disclosing social tensions in China by journalists and media is no longer only a theoretical imagination, it has been measured and analyzed as of this research of Southern Weekend has shown.
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