8. • Research Task
– compare the coverage about this event in a U.S.
newspaper with the coverage about this event in
a British newspaper
9. • Newspapers
– the Wall Street Journal (U.S.)
» 7 WSJ articles selected
– the Financial Times (British)
» 5 FT articles selected
• Database
– ProQuest
10. • Keywords
– China cyber attack
– China hacking attack
– China cyber assault
– Shanghai Unit 61398
– Mandiant
11. • Conclusions
– Both the Wall Street Journal and the Financial
Times
» focused both on the details and the political influences of
this event
» showed the same stand toward this event
12. • Statistics
– reporting the details of this event
» 4 of the selected WSJ articles
» 3 of the selected FT articles
– analyzing the political influences of this event
» 3 of the selected WSJ articles
» 2 of the selected FT articles
– showing the newspaper’s stand on this event
» 5 of the selected WSJ articles
» 3 of the selected FT articles
13. • The Wall Street Journal
– the Wall Street Journal is a U.S. newspaper
» it should report this event with the stand of the U.S.
– U.S. companies were the major victims of this
event
14. • The Financial Times
– Western countries had basically the same stand
on internet-security issue
– cyber attacks might evolve to a globalized
problem
» British companies would not be free of them