Framing in BBC's News Coverage on the IMF-World Bank and the Belt and Road Initiative

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Thomas Thomas
Ira Patriani
Suci Lukitowati

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a major international news outlet based in the UK, wields significant influence over global information flow. As a corporation under the UK’s royal charter, its coverage of the IMF-World Bank and China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ raises questions about impartiality. Global political dynamics have fueled competition between the West and China over economic influence, particularly through loans from the IMF-World Bank and the ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ Using Robert M. Entman’s framing model, this article examines ten BBC articles to explore how these loans are framed, revealing a tendency to positively portray the IMF-World Bank and negatively report on the ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ These patterns align with the BBC’s identity as a statutory UK corporation amid this geopolitical rivalry.

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Thomas, T., Patriani, I., & Lukitowati, S. (2025). Framing in BBC’s News Coverage on the IMF-World Bank and the Belt and Road Initiative. Journal of International Studies on Energy Affairs, 6(1), 62–82. https://doi.org/10.51413/jisea.Vol6.Iss1.2025.62-82
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