Table 3: Top 50 Caption Words and Phrases in Five Book Groups*
* The number outside bracket is the frequency; number inside bracket is the rank.
For the rest of the words in the five book groups:
Xinhua: 24 (22): Hu Jintao; 19 (31): collapse, May12, May19; 18 (34): hospital; 16 (39): injured, Wen Jiabao; 15 (41): army; 14 (45): CCP politburo executive member, Xinhua News Agency, Juyuan Middle School
CCTV: 10 (6): program, live scene; 9 (10): live broadcast, news channel; 8 (15): broadcast, shooting, Bai Yansong; 7 (21): CCTV, united broadcast, news center, Ji Huiyan Other mainland: 12 (25): survivor; 10 (29): after quake, soldier; 9 (34): save; 8 (40): rescue, injured, Tan Qianqiu; 7 (45): Beichuan Middle School, rescue, volunteers Hong Kong others: 17 (13): relative; 11 (21): compatriot, military person; 10 (25): citizens tragedy; 9 (29): rescue team; 8 (34): hope, rescued; 7 (38): big rock, covered, save Hong Kong JEF: 14 (17): parent; 9 (21): Yingxiu Primary School; 8 (24): disaster scene, Hong Kong; 7 (27): mother, trapped; 6 (31): wounded, citizen; 5 (38): Xiange Middle School, child, remembrance, on foot
Word Category Xinhua (N=2,771) CCTV (N=848) Other Mainland (N=1,639) Hong Kong Others (N=1,548) Hong Kong JEF (N=1,142) Total (N=7,948)
Earthquake disaster 100 (1) 9 (10) 2 (166) 48 (1) 59 (1) 309 (1)
Sichuan place 5 (35) 46 (3) 35 (3) 29 (4) 213 (2)
Wenchuan place 89 (2) 10 (6) 42 (4) 15 (16) 20 (10) 176 (3)
Ruin scene 66 (3) 3 (61) 51(2) 42 (2) 12 (18) 174 (4)
Disaster area scene 46 (7) 13 (4) 52 (1) 26 (6) 29 (4) 166 (5)
Beichuan place 57 (4) 9 (10) 37 (5) 20 (10) 18 (12) 141 (6)
Coverage action 54 (5) 26 (2) 18 (13) 3 (113) 26 (6) 127 (7)
Student people 37 (9) 3 (61) 24 (8) 32 (4) 22 (9) 118 (8)
Dujiangyan place 29 (13) 7 (21) 26 (6) 21 (9) 32 (2) 115 (9)
Yingxiu place 45 (8) 2 (109) 21 (11) 11 (21) 32 (2) 111 (10)
Reporter people 14 (45) 45 (1) 13 (21) 4 (82) 26 (6) 102 (11)
Victim people 22 (26) 4 (45) 13 (21) 26 (7) 24 (7) 89 (12)
Rescuer people 28 (13) 17 (15) 30 (5) 12 (18) 87 (13)
Child people 25 (20) 5 (35) 22 (9) 14 (18) 17 (14) 83 (14)
Rescue action 27 (15) 5 (35) 25 (7) 11 (21) 2 (126) 70 (15)
Found dead disaster 26 (18) 1 (245) 22 (9) 9 (29) 5 (38) 63 (16)
Anti-quake & rescue action 49 (6) 7 (21) 3 (113) 3 (113) 62 (17)
Chengdu place 17 (36) 7 (21) 13 (21) 6 (46) 17 (14) 60 (18)
Mass public people 43 (8) 9 (34) 5 (61) 1 (278) 58 (19)
Hanwang place 14 (45) 19 (12) 15 (16) 7 (27) 55 (20)
Helicopter scene 26 (18) 9 (10) 9 (34) 3 (113) 5 (38) 52 (21)
May 14 date 26 (18) 5 (35) 17 (15) 4 (56) 52 (21)
Fallen disaster 17 (36) 9 (34) 10 (25) 15 (16) 51 (23)
Liberate action 17 (36) 8 (40) 17 (13) 8 (24) 50 (24)
Broken tile scene 7 (80) 3 (113) 20 (10) 18 (12) 48 (25)
May 13 date 29 (12) 3 (61) 13 (21) 2 (126) 47 (26)
Soldier people 35 (10) 6 (53) 4 (82) 2 (126) 47 (26)
Mianzhu place 1 (245) 22 (9) 16 (15) 7 (27) 46 (28)
May 16 date 27 (15) 8 (15) 8 (40) 3 (83) 46 (28)
Victimized disaster 35 (10) 6 (53) 3 (113) 44 (30)
Salvage action 23 (24) 9 (34) 6 (46) 6 (31) 44 (30)
PLA people 19 (31) 5 (68) 8 (34) 11 (20) 43 (32)
Mianyang place 23 (24) 4 (45) 6 (53) 6 (46) 3 (83) 42 (34)
Hour others 6 (84) 4 (45) 16 (18) 15 (16) 1 (278) 42 (34)
May 15 date 20 (28) 7 (21) 11 (27) 4 (56) 42 (34)
Shifang place 15 (41) 1 (245) 14 (20) 9 (29) 3 (83) 42 (34)
Cadaver scene 11 (59) 17 (15) 8 (34) 4 (56) 40 (37)
Heavy casualty area scene 20 (28) 5 (68) 9 (29) 4 (56) 38 (39)
Disaster situation scene 24 (21) 1 (348) 4 (82) 9 (21) 38 (39)
Silent mourning action 6 (84) 2 (109) 9 (34) 17 (13) 4 (56) 38 (39)
Life others 3 (170) 2 (109) 4 (86) 26 (7) 2 (126) 37 (41)
School scene 11 (59) 2 (109) 8 (40) 9 (29) 6 (31) 36 (42)
Armed police people 20 (24) 8 (40) 5 (61) 3 (83) 36 (42)
May17 date 14 (45) 3 (61) 17 (15) 1 (278) 35 (44)
Hurt disaster 16 (39) 10 (29) 6 (46) 2 (126) 34 (46)
Canvas scene 13 (50) 8 (15) 4 (86) 5 (61) 4 (56) 34 (46)
Reporting action 7 (80) 24 (3) 1 (348) 2 (126) 34 (46)
Covered disaster 12 (54) 1 (245) 8 (40) 8 (34) 4 (56) 33 (48)
Corpse scene 1 (348) 12 (19) 19 (12) 32 (49)
Qingchuan place 15 (41) 2 (109) 9 (34) 5 (61) 1 (278) 32 (49)