The Report of 2020 US Presidential Election in China’s New Mainstream Media —Take “People’s Daily”“CCTV news”“The paper” news client push as an example
This article analyzes the selection push and related reports of the three mobile news clients
of “People’s Daily”, “CCTV News” and “The Paper”, and explores how the new mainstream media
uses news push mechanisms to influence the public’s perception and attitude of U.S. election issues.
In the vertical direction, this article observes the presentation of the topic of “U.S. Election” from
three aspects: the frequency of the push, the content of push, and the way of drainage. Horizontally, a
comparative study was conducted on the three media. The study found that these three mobile news
client differed greatly in the number of push reports due to their different media positioning.Meawhile,
the three media reports objectively on negative events in American society, presenting users with a
convincing way of “contradictory conflicts” and “social chaos” in American society. In addition, the
three media still have certain limitations in user interaction and communication effects.