Chair: Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR) Presentations: Chris Paterson & Toussaint Nothias (University of Leeds, UK): “Bring back our (and their) imperialism!” Representation of China and the US in Africa in global online news Jan Miessler (Hong Kong Baptist University, HK): The Gravity of the Lowest Common Denominator: Political Economy of the Post-1989 Czech Journalism Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman (National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand): In defense of ‘most different’ comparisons: The political economy of news media in China and the USA James Compton & Paul Benedetti (University of Western Ontario, Canada): Legitimation Crisis and the Contradictions of Technological Innovation in Mainstream Newsrooms Viktor Chagas (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil): Brazilian prestige press and the popularity queue, or how printed quality media is becoming a niche market in competitive contemporary contexts
