title: Objectivity and Balance in Conflict Reporting: Imperatives for the Media Amid the Tensions in the South China Sea Dispute
abstract: This cross-cultural study explores practice of journalists during June and July of 2011, the most recent peak period of the multi-national conflict in South China Sea. It examines factors that influence journalists and news media outlets when reporting a conflict in which their country is a party, using the theory of news framing process and war journalism.
journal: Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science