This book analyses the creation and dissemination of discourse in China while examining how its media and the people interact and communicate with the rest of the world. It explores the interplay between language, meanings, social practices, culture and politics in the processes of discourse generation.
The book critically studies intercultural communication and Chinese discourse models at the national, institutional and individual levels and the different modes of interaction between China and the world. With the help of several case studies the book analyses reports from the People’s Daily, interpersonal meaning in promotional videos and advertisements in China, rhetoric in the editorials of China Daily and the representation by international media like The Associated Press and The New York Times to explore differences between Chinese and the Western media reporting the same event. It also looks at the complex models through which the Chinese people―both as individuals and as a collective―communicate with and gain an understanding of the rest of the world.
Rich in empirical case studies, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of Chinese Studies, communication studies, media and cultural studies, international relations and political communication.
Author(s): Lihua Liu
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 254
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Part I: Representation by Chinese mainstream media
Chapter 1: Discourse interactional model of People’s Daily : The case of discourse practice of the Belt and Road Initiative
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Literature review
1.2.1 Discourse studies in China
1.2.2 Previous studies about the belt and road
1.3 Research design
1.3.1 Data collection and selection
1.3.2 Research questions and research procedures
1.3.3 Constructing an analytical framework
1.4 Discourse strategy of People’s Daily
1.4.1 Positive self-presentation of China
1.4.1.1 Who is China?
1.4.1.2 Why is China reliable?
1.4.1.2.1 A capable China
1.4.1.2.2 A responsible China
1.4.1.2.3 A country with a long history and a cultural reputation
1.4.2 Positive appreciation of the Belt and Road Initiative
1.4.2.1 Why is the Belt and Road Initiative plausible?
1.4.2.2 How is the Belt and Road Initiative supported?
1.5 The discourse interactional model of People’s Daily
1.5.1 Positive presentation of the belt and road
1.5.2 Foregrounding self-confidence
1.6 Conclusion
Note
References
Chapter 2: Identity construction and negotiation in Chinese political discourse: A case analysis of the fire in the Daxing District
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Research data and objectives
2.3 Literature review
2.3.1 Discourse construction of identity
2.3.2 Studies on crisis discourse
2.3.3 Renmin discourse
2.4 Identity construction and consultation
2.4.1 Discourse participants and evaluation
2.4.2 Discourse construction and negotiation of Renmin
2.4.3 Discourse negotiation of “special campaign”
2.4.4 Collective demand and individual emotion
2.5 The negotiation of the identity construction
2.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 3: A multimodal discourse analysis of the interpersonal meaning in promotional videos of China
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Literature review
3.3 Theoretical framework for interactive meaning
3.4 Construction of interactive meaning
3.4.1 Contact
3.4.2 Social distance
3.4.3 Attitude
3.4.3.1 The horizontal angle and involvement
3.4.3.2 The vertical angle and power relationships
3.5 The discourse mode of publicity films
3.6 The interaction between verbal language and images
3.7 Discussion and conclusion
Note
References
Chapter 4: A social-semiotic approach to corporate identity construction: A case study of advertisements on Beijing subway line 2
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Multimodal discourse and advertisement classification
4.3 Data collection
4.4 Classification of the advertisements
4.4.1 Description of the advertisements
4.4.2 Classification of the advertisements
4.5 Discourse construction of corporate identities
4.5.1 A devoted practitioner of the Beijing City Master Plan
4.5.2 A passionate transmitter of national political ideology
4.5.3 A warm and careful guardian of the Beijing resident’s life
4.5.4 An energetic commodities promoter
4.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Discourse construction of social power: Interpersonal rhetoric in editorials of China Daily
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Theoretical foundations
5.2.1 Critical discourse analysis
5.2.2 CDA and systemic functional linguistics
5.3 Literature review and analytical framework
5.3.1 Literature review
5.3.2 The focus of this research
5.3.3 Analytical framework
5.4 Results and discussion
5.4.1 Attitude analysis
5.4.1.1 Judgment: capability
5.4.1.2 Judgment: propriety
5.4.1.3 Appreciation: valuation
5.4.2 Distribution of attitudes
5.4.3 Modal expressions
5.4.3.1 Distribution of modal expressions
5.4.3.2 Modals of volition/prediction
5.4.3.3 Modals of necessity/obligation
5.4.3.4 Summary
5.4.4 Editorial discourse construction of social power
5.5 Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 6: Formalizing power in editorials of China Daily : A generic perspective
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Theoretical foundation
6.3 Genre as action
6.4 About the data
6.5 Classification of the China Daily editorials
6.6 Modeling the generic structure of editorials
6.6.1 Generic structure
6.6.2 Generic structures for the types of editorials
6.6.2.1 Generic structure for the explaining type
6.6.2.2 Generic structure for the calling-on type
6.6.2.3 Generic structure for criticizing and praising types
6.6.2.4 Generic structure for the celebrating type
6.7 Conclusion: Formalizing the power in editorial discourse
References
Part II: Representation by international media
Chapter 7: News Discourse Study Based on Frame Theory: A Case Study of the “Belt and Road Initiative” News Reports of The Associated Press
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Literature Review
7.3 Frame as the Theoretical Standpoint of the Study
7.4 Data Collection and Analysis
7.5 The Establishment of Frame Category
7.6 Frames of the “Belt and Road” Discourse
7.6.1 The Cooperation and Development Frame
7.6.2 The Hegemony and Worry Frame
7.6.3 The Challenge and Risk Frame
7.7 Social-Context Analysis of “Belt and Road” Frames
7.7.1 Social Background
7.7.2 Cultural Factors
7.7.3 Media Factors
7.8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Discursive construction of Wanda’s image in the European media: A case study of news discourse on the Wanda Group’s acquisition of the Odeon & UCI
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Literature review
8.2.1 Corporate image
8.2.2 Discursive construction
8.2.3 Media discourse and discourse manipulation
8.3 A corpus-based approach to discourse studies
8.4 Linguistic representation of Wanda in media discourse
8.4.1 Frequency
8.4.2 Collocations of “Wanda”
8.4.3 Collocations of “Wang Jianlin”
8.4.4 News headlines
8.4.5 Voices in discourse
8.5 Discourse construction of the Wanda image
8.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 9: Discourse and manipulation: Stories about China in The New York Times
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Theoretical foundations
9.2.1 Critical discourse studies
9.2.2 A social-cognitive approach
9.3 Manipulation
9.4 Defining the situation and data description
9.5 Manipulative discourse strategies
9.5.1 Constructing a dichotomy: who are we?
9.5.2 Constructing the actions: What did the witnesses see?
9.5.3 Disguised balance in voicing: Who is speaking?
9.5.4 Providing more detailed information
9.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Part III: Interaction between Chinese and international media
Chapter 10: Discourse interaction between China Daily and The New York Times : A case study of Meng Wanzhou event
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Literature review
10.3 Methodology
10.3.1 Data collection
10.3.2 Procedures
10.3.3 Analytical framework
10.4 Discourse strategies
10.4.1 Topic representation
10.4.2 Vocatives
10.4.3 Attitude distribution
10.4.4 Source of the news
10.5 Discourse interaction model
10.6 Cultural contextual analysis
10.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: Discourse interaction between The New York Times and China Daily : The case of Google’s departure
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Literature review
11.3 Methodology
11.3.1 Data collection and procedures
11.3.2 Framework of analysis
11.3.3 The discourse interaction model
11.4 Textual analysis
11.4.1 Topical words
11.4.2 Evaluation
11.4.3 Vocatives
11.4.4 Sources quoted
11.5 Contextual analysis
11.5.1 Situational analysis
11.5.2 Ideological analysis
11.5.3 Discussion
11.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Discourse interaction and identity construction: A case study of President Hu and President Obama’s press conference of January 2011
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Data description
12.3 Theoretical foundations
12.3.1 Discourse interaction and identity construction
12.3.2 Ideology presentation in discourse
12.4 Analytical framework
12.5 Discourse strategies for constructing the dialogistic space
12.5.1 Topic selection
12.5.2 Manipulating the topics
12.5.3 Constructing solidarity: Who are we?
12.5.4 Models of presenting self
12.5.5 Presenting obligation and responsibility
12.5.6 Ways of presenting information
12.6 Discussion and conclusion
12.6.1 Discourse interaction
12.6.2 Discourse interaction and national identity construction
12.6.3 Discourse interaction and dialogic space articulation
12.7 Conclusion
References
Appendix 5A: Editorials of China Daily
Monday Group
Wednesday Group
Friday Group
Appendix 6A: China Daily Editorials
Monday Group: Text number/text name
Wednesday Group: Text number/text name
Friday Group: Text number/text name
Appendix 8A: A list of European media news reports on Wanda Group’s acquisition of Odeon & UCI cinema chain
Index
