英文摘要 |
We adopted content and discourse analyses to determine how Internet opinions have been represented in the press. The results show that the majority of news items quoted from the opinions of Internet users did not cite Internet sources, and almost 80% of the news items failed to indicate the identity of the Internet-users. The opinions of the Internet user are defined as the publicly held opinions of the majority. The results of the discourse analysis reveal that news reports categorize Internet users into several public entities: the majority, the anonymous but occupied public, the opposition, and the active public. The news discourse uses the majority and emotional discourses to strengthen generalized opinions, and uses the articulation discourse to support the position and viewpoint of the press. |