Media as a means for the Falun Gong movement

On AsiaMedia, Patsy Rahn writes about efforts by Falun Gong to use the media to gain support for their cause:

Given their goals, what kind of coverage might we expect to see in FLG media? Most importantly, FLG wants to be in the news — whatever keeps the group highly visible is successful. Reports on the movement’s human rights issues seem to accomplish this. FLG also needs to circulate information about the benefits of the group’s beliefs… A third type of coverage is not so much about the FLG as it is about the Chinese Communist Party — anything that might convince academics or politicians that the Chinese Communist Party is not worth supporting, even for financial gain, will ultimately help FLG.



The full report is here. The website for Epoch Times is here and NTDTV is here.

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