Abstract
AbstractThis chapter examines the influences of the Taiwanese media’s political leaning on their coverage of Hong Kong migration by analysing news articles from the five major pro-Blue/Green printed media outlets between 2014 and 2022. Using structural topic modelling, this chapter demonstrates a politicalised trend relating to Hong Kong migration, involving two themes: migration safety and Political Security. Even though the migration safety theme has gained much more attention than the Political Security theme since the 2019 Protests in Hong Kong, the polarisation of the depiction of Hong Kong migration becomes particularly evident when issues related to the People's Republic of China (PRC) are factored in through topic comparison. In other words, compared to the pro-Blue media, which is inclined to portray the Hong Kong migration from a human rights perspective, the pro-Green media, which favours a nativist viewpoint, offer a more security-based narrative, such as cultural Sinicisation and the possibility of Chinese spies entering through Hong Kong migration. The results of sentiment analysis further highlight both media camps’ differences by detecting a positive or negative tendency.
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Springer Nature Singapore
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