Chinese News Discourse: From Perspectives of Communication, Linguistics and Pedagogy

by Nancy Xiuzhi Liu (Editor), Candace Veecock (Editor), Shixin Ivy Zhang (Editor)

Overview

As a country in transition, Chinese news discourse has quite distinctive characteristics, and more so given the power of state media in society. With China’s engagement in world affairs and its massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) now in place, Western media coverage of China has dramatically increased. Against this backdrop, news dissemination and discourse demonstrate a need for academia to give perspectives with interdisciplinary approaches. Chinese News Discourse presents original research from academics in China and the West, showing theoretical, methodological and practical dimensions between news media and discourse.

The book focuses on Chinese news discourse by examining what new modern features it demonstrates in contrast and comparison to news discourses in other countries in the coverage of such hot topics as the BRI or the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, just to name a few.

This book is a useful resource for scholars and students of discourse, language, media and communication studies, as well as translation studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367470388
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2021
Series:	Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nancy Xiuzhi Liu, PhD, is Associate Professor of Translation Studies in the School of Education and English at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She holds a PhD in International Communications from the University of Nottingham and an MA in Interpreting and Translation from the University of Newcastle. She has published extensively in translation, media, mobile and cultural studies, and pedagogy.

Candace Veecock, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics / ELT in the School of Education and English at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary and cross-linguistic agency, semiotics and multimodality.

Shixin Ivy Zhang, PhD, is Associate Professor in Journalism Studies in the School of International Communications at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Her research focuses on journalism studies, media management, media globalization, and media and conflict. She is the author of three research monographs.

Table of Contents

List of figures vii

List of tables viii

List of contributors ix

Introduction Nancy Xiuzhi Liu Candace Veecock Shixin Ivy Zhang 1

Part I Generating news in China 7

1 Sustaining state legitimacy in the punch of political scandals: a case study of local newspapers in China Xianwen Kuang 9

2 Public diplomacy strategies represented domestically through ports along the twenty-first century Maritime Silk Road: a case study of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Nancy Xiuzhi Liu Yi Wang Dan Shi 23

3 A survey of Chinese photojournalists: identities, work conditions and attitudes in the digital age Shixin Ivy Zhang Adrian Hadland 43

Part II Chinese news discourse 63

4 Recontextualizing political metaphor in news discourse: a case study of the Chinese president's metaphors in English reports Li Pan Chuxin Huang 65

5 What newspapers and people say about #China70: news discourse and framing through social media Zhen Troy Chen 84

6 China Daily infographics: metaphor, multimodality and the multi-layering of news discourse Candace Veecock 103

Part III News translation pedagogy 127

7 News translation strategies adopted by novice and expert translators: implications for translation pedagogy Wan Hu 129

8 A social constructivist approach to acquiring international news translation norms in China; empowering students in a restrained environment Emma Huizhen Du 148

9 Developing translation competence: a curricular study of teaching of news translation Zirui Xiong 168

Index 187