Books Authored/Edited/Translated
Book Title |
Brand China in the Media: Transformation of Identities |
Editors |
Qing Cao, Doreen Wu (Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies), Keyan G. Tomaselli |
Publisher |
Routledge |
Year of Publication |
2019 |
ISBN |
97803673335014 |
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Introduction The book examines China’s identity transformations with a focus on self-perceptions and their representations and communication in the mass media. By considering the internal dynamics of change, it explores the emerging multi-faceted ‘China Brand’. The book will be of interest to those studying China’s identity in the media, situated at the juncture of past, present, and future, and between China and the wider world.
Table of contents Introduction: Continuities and Changes for an Alternative Modernity Qing Cao, Doreen Wu and Keyan G. Tomaselli
PART ONE Chinese Society between Traditions and Modernity
Chapter 1 Rupture in Modernity: A Case study of Radicalism in Late Qing Chinese Press Debate Qing Cao
Chapter 2 Putonghua and Language Harmony: China’s Resources of Cultural Soft Power Natalia Riva
Chapter 3 Mobile, Online and Angry: The Rise of China’s Middle-Class Civil Society Ian Weber
Chapter 4 The Return of the Oppressed: Three Examples of How Chinese Identities Are Being Reconsolidated for the Modern World Hugo de Burgh and David Feng
PART TWO Negotiating Identities in Moving Images
Chapter 5 Becoming Global, Remaining Local: The Discourse of International News Reporting by CCTV-4 and Phoenix TV Hong Kong Doreen Wu and Patrick Ng
Chapter 6 Shanghai Cosmopolis: Negotiating the Branded City Duncan Harte
Chapter 7 Promoting Moral Values through Entertainment: A Social Semiotic Analysis of the Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television Dezheng Feng
Chapter 8 Negotiated ‘Chineseness’ and Divided Loyalties: My Grandson Qijun Han
Chapter 9 A Cultural Study of Pema Tseden’s and Sonthar Gyal’s Films Shaoyan Ding
PART THREE Representing China in Texts and Symbols
Chapter 10 The Language of Soft Power: Mediating Socio-political Meanings in the Chinese Media Qing Cao
Chapter 11 Media Representation of China: A Comparative Study of China Daily and Financial Times in Reporting on the Belt and Road Initiative Lejin Zhang and Doreen Wu
Chapter 12 Conflicting Images of the Great Wall in Cultural Heritage Tourism Jieyun Feng, Yanan Li and Peng Wu
Chapter 13 China’s Current Discursive Governance: A Discourse Analysis Perspective Jiayu Wang
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