Li Zhang

BA, MA (Beijing Normal University)

Position: PhD Candidate&Teaching Assistant

Email: icslz@leeds.ac.uk
Location: Houldsworth Building, Level 3, Room 3.10
Tel: 0113 34(34566)
 Li Zhang
PhD Research Project Topic: Interaction between news media and external policy: The case of EU-China relations in the post-Cold War era The work undertaken so far concerning the interaction between the news media and foreign policy only examines a particular type of issue area and covers a narrow range of potential relationships. Most of the research is conducted in the context of the United States. Research in this area needs to move beyond the U.S. My research explores the media impact, if any, on external policy-making in the context of the European Union by focusing on the case of EUs policy-making toward China and will be a contribution to further developing a model of the relationship between the news media and foreign policy. The research will use case studies, quantitative and qualitative analysis, followed by interviews with EU and Chinas officials involved in the decision-making process as well as the journalists involved in reporting issues between the EU and China to answer the research questions and test two pairs of contrasting hypothesis.

Supervisor Dr. Robin Brown http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/details.cfm?id=6