Sixth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies

Abstract

Media manipulation was adopted by the state-affiliated media in Hong Kong to launch a war of disinformation and misinformation both in the city and aboard to legitimate their false allegation against the protesters. Information manipulation was adopted by the state-affiliated media in Hong Kong to launch a war of disinformation and misinformation both in the city and aboard to legitimate their false allegation against the protesters. The information asymmetry results in a clash of identities between Chinese and Hongkongers. The historical and cultural observations in the Protest Movement through the lens of media studies demonstrates the prowess of populism that has taken shape in the enclave-like territory.