該研究通過整合框架(framing)和解釋水平(construal level)兩個理論來考察新聞發生地遠近與編輯部資源投入之間的關系。基于我國政府提出的"一帶一路"倡議,對《中國日報》《環球時報》《南華早報》《紐約時報》等四份中西方主流報紙涉及"一帶一路"的報道進行了量化內容分析和比較。研究發現,距離事件越遠的報紙,編輯部的資源投入就越低,引用的信息源也更多為官方機構、組織或權威人士。這種框架結構使得西方報紙在報道中國"一帶一路"相關的新聞時較多采用高解釋水平,內容寬泛而抽象。與之相反,中國媒體的報道則詳細具體,附帶實例和情感表述,多采用低解釋水平的寫作手法。

This research integrates construal level theory with framing strategies by exploring the joint effects of distance and editorial commitment on news narratives. Through content analysis of coverage of China’s One Belt One Road initiative by four newspapers in China and West,we investigate determinants of choice of principled or personalized account in story-telling. Findings show that editorial commitment is low and power reliance high when the site of event is far away,leading to low construals in news,more so for Western than Chinese newspapers. The study contributes to the unexplored relationship between news production and construal level theory.