1. Sea Shepherd vs. Japanese
Whaling
Masayuki Fujinawa
English 403
Spring 2013

10. To analyze the differences of the article in
two different newspapers
The New York Times and the New Zealand
Herald
Keywords(“Japan”, “Sea Shepherd”,
“Whale”, and “hunting”)
All articles were obtained from Lexis Nexis
database
My Research Task

11. More information about the story of Japanese
story
Why?
the author of the article was a Tokyo bureau chief
of the New York Times( more access to Japanese
media and spokesman of Japanese government)
More quotes from Japanese fisherman and/or
ministry of Japan
In the article in the New York Times

12. More information about the story of Sea
Shepherd side
Why?
Many quotes from a captain of Sea Shepherd
as well as other members
No information or quotes from Japanese
fisherman, ministry of Japan, or the Japanese
media
In the article in the New Zealand
Herald

13. Different words choices
In the New York Times,
“harassment” or ”illegal behavior” are used to describe
the action of Sea Shepherd
In the New Zealand Herald,
“intercept” or “prevent” are used to describe the
action of Sea Shepherd
More differences between two news
articles