Framing Analysis of the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine in China Daily and the Guardian

The China Daily and The Guardian were selected as the subjects of this study, and qualitative content analysis was used to examine how the Russia-Ukraine war was covered in the media between February 17 and March 16, 2022. 417 news stories about the war between Russia and Ukraine were collected for the study from the China Daily and The Guardian newspapers, and framing analyses were applied to each of these articles. According to the findings of the study, The Guardian primarily used the human-interest framework, while the China Daily primarily used the responsibility framework. Furthermore, the study found that over time, the interest of the China Daily in Russia-Ukraine conflict-related reports has decreased, while the decline at The Guardian has not been significant. Both China Daily and The Guardian relied on citations with government officials as their main sources of information when using the news source. This study describes how newspapers representing China and the West reported the Russia-Ukraine crisis in terms of differences in framing, reporting trends, and news source patterns between the China Daily and The Guardian in a content analysis of news coverage of the conflict in 2022. The study specifically examines China Daily and The Guardian as examples of East-West news media, examines their reporting frameworks, reporting trends, and news sourcing patterns, and then compiles a summary of the specific ways in which the East-West news media function in their coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.