A multi-country and region comparison of the news coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

Jadeera P. G. Cheong, Niki Cheong, Mark Brooke, Hanae Endo, Weerawat Limroongreungrat, Agus Mahendra, Akila Shanmuga Sundaram, Peggy Choi, Mahdi Esfahani, Payam Ansari, Vinnie Hall, Dev Roychowdhury, Po-Hsiu Lin, Xiaolong Song, Tânia Bastos, Ali Al-Shamli, Huyền Ngô Thị, Majed M. Alhumaid, Rizal Razman, Omar Hindawi and Selina Khoo ()
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Jadeera P. G. Cheong: Universiti Malaya
Niki Cheong: King’s College London
Mark Brooke: Arden University
Hanae Endo: Doshisha University
Weerawat Limroongreungrat: Mahidol University
Agus Mahendra: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Akila Shanmuga Sundaram: Central University of Tamil Nadu
Peggy Choi: Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
Mahdi Esfahani: Imam Reza International University
Payam Ansari: Bournemouth University
Vinnie Hall: Universiti Malaya
Dev Roychowdhury: DR ACADEMY
Po-Hsiu Lin: National Taiwan Normal University
Xiaolong Song: Fujian Polytechnic Normal University
Tânia Bastos: University of Porto
Ali Al-Shamli: Sohar University
Huyền Ngô Thị: Vietnam National University
Majed M. Alhumaid: King Faisal University
Rizal Razman: Universiti Malaya
Omar Hindawi: The Hashemite University
Selina Khoo: Universiti Malaya

Palgrave Communications, 2025, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract The study analysed news coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games in newspapers in 17 countries or regions (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Oman, Portugal, Chinese Taipei, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam). In addition, Facebook posts of the respective newspaper organisations were also analysed. This is a quantitative study and offers an extensive comparative overview of trends and patterns in media representation of the Games in different parts of the world. The results showed that the total number of articles and photographs varied greatly between countries and regions. Analysis of the Facebook posts showed a similar trend to newspapers. The subject of interest is predominantly still the male athletes, and particularly those competing in wheelchairs. In nearly all the publications sampled, media coverage featured more content of their local athletes than foreigners. Overall, there appears to be a great disparity in terms of coverage and content of the Paralympic Games between the 17 countries or regions.

Date: 2025
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