The 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests: Dualling Messages of the Authorities and the Protesters
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2022-02
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Ohio State University. Libraries
Abstract
The 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests began as a response to a controversial extradition bill that stoked fears of Beijing's growing influence over the proceedings of Hong Kong's government. They have since grown to encompass calls for democratic reform. The protests began with peaceful marches, but escalated as they dragged on through the summer. News coverage on the events of the protests differ greatly between the state-run outlets and other sources. Protesters made use of slogans, slang, and invented characters on their signs and other paraphernalia in protesting the actions of the government authorities and the police. This paper analyzes the contents of the reporting of events by state-run news and other independent reporting, and of the protesters' messages through the signs, posters, graffiti, and other resources that are available online.
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2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, Hong Kong, protests, Kongish, tranßcripted graphs, compound graphs
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Gomes, Skylor E., and Marjorie K. M. Chan. "The 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests: Dualling Messages of the Authorities and the Protesters." Buckeye East Asia: Occasional Papers, vol. 1 (February 2022), p. 71-82.